(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) AT-KABUL: The US Special Representative for AfghanistanReconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has held a meeting with Uzbekistan's ForeignMinister Abdulaziz Kamilov, where they discussed the Afghan peace process, theUzbekistan Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States,
Senior Director for South and Central Asia at the National Security Council
Lisa Curtis also attended the meeting, the statement said.
When discussing prospects of peaceful settlement in
Afghanistan, the parties once again confirmed that there is no military
solution to the problem.
The importance of Tashkent Conference on Afghanistan and the
Declaration on Fundamental Principles of the Peace Process in Afghanistan was
emphasized, the statement said.
The two sides said in the meeting that 'no Afghans should
remain outside this political process and that the world community should
contribute to consolidation of the entire Afghan society around the national
interests in the name of peace and prosperity in the country", the
statement added.
In this context, the parties supported the Peace Program for
Afghanistan forwarded by President Ashraf Ghani in Geneva.
Practical aspects of implementation of large infrastructure
projects and other socio-economic facilities in Afghanistan were also
considered during the meeting, the statement said.
The two sides noted with satisfaction the dynamic
development of bilateral relations, the new rate of which was set during the
visit of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the United States and his negotiations
with President Donald Trump in May 2018, the statement said.
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