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Pakistan, Afghanistan, US to hold talks

BEIJING: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States will hold tripartite talks in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea on Sunday for reviewing their on-going work and cooperation in the economic sector.

The talks will take place on the sideline of the on-going annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank’s Board of Governors, being held there. Finance minister Shaukat Aziz and the Afghan finance minister Dr. Ashraf Ghani who have already arrived in Jeju Island would represent their countries at the talks. The US will be represented by its deputy secretary of state on financial affairs.

Mr Aziz told APP during his stay in Beijing, that Pakistan has established structural arrangements with the US for its effective participation in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. The three countries, he said hold regular contacts for strengthening their cooperation. Pakistan, he said wanted to make its substantial contribution to the reconstruction work in Afghanis-tan as well as to enhance their bilateral trade. He hoped that the tripartite-level talks will help to achieve the desired objectives. Pakistan, the minister said attaches great importance to its relations with the brotherly country of Afghanistan. In this connection, they have taken important decisions during the meeting of Pak-Afghan Joint Economic Commission (JEC) held in Kabul recently. —APP

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