Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties: Besides last week’s ministerial-level meeting organised by Beijing, Pakistan’s foreign minister had traveled to Kabul with a Pakistani delegation last month to hold delegation-level talks to further bilateral ties.
Pakistan will send an Ambassador to Kabul for the first time since 2021.
The announcement was made by Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday.
Current diplomatic ties are at a charge d’affaires level, lower than Ambassador.
Days after a China-convened meeting that pushed for greater Pakistan-Afghanistan ties, Islamabad has made a significant announcement – that it will be sending an Ambassador to Kabul soon. This is the first time since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021 that Islamabad has decided to upgrade its ties with its western neighbour.
The announcement was made on Friday by Pakistan’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar, who met his Chinese counterpart and the Taliban’s acting foreign minister last week in Beijing. Diplomatic ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan are currently at a charge d’affaires-level – a step below that of an Ambassador.
Besides last week’s ministerial-level meeting organised by Beijing, Pakistan’s foreign minister had traveled to Kabul with a Pakistani delegation last month to hold delegation-level talks to further bilateral ties.
‘POSITIVE TRAJECTORY’
Praising the “positive trajectory” between Islamabad and Kabul ever since last month’s delegation-level talks, Mr Dar said it is time to upgrade ties with the Taliban. Announcing the decision to send an Ambassador, he added that “I am confident this step would further contribute towards enhanced engagement and exchanges between two fraternal countries.”
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