Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republi : Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and China hold Meeting

January 26, 2016

Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani invited by Minister of Foreign affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi met this afternoon with his Chinese counterpart in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.

At the outset, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan while appreciating the active and constructive role played by the People's Republic of China in the session of quadrilateral coordination group of Afghanistan, Pakistan, United States and china regarding the peace process in Afghanistan, called the two previous sessions full of achievement and expressed his hope for finalizing the peace process in the future session of the mentioned group.

Minister of Foreign Affairs appreciated for the valuable cooperation of China with Afghanistan in different sectors and asked for China's support for Afghanistan's full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and membership in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Minister of Foreign Affairs also discussed the importance of Afghanistan's strategic position in becoming a transit route in the Silk Road project. He believes that the five nation's railroad from China to Iran through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan can play a vital role in strengthening regional connectivity.

Afterwards, Minister of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China called the visit of the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan to Beijing valuable and developing friendly relations and bilateral cooperation in different sectors and assures Afghanistan about his country's endeavors for peace efforts under the leadership and ownership of Afghanistan.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of China stressed on the commitment of his country in the rehabilitation and developing of Afghanistan in deferent sectors and assured its country welcomed to the request of Afghanistan's full membership in the Shanghai cooperation organization and membership in the Asian infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and promised for serious cooperation in this regards. Minister of Foreign Affairs of China point out to the position of Afghanistan in the Silk Road and said its country is ready to sign an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with Afghanistan.

In this meeting Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and China discussed and exchanged the opinions on the cooperation of two countries regarding the bilateral and multilateral struggle against terrorist groups and the implementation of agreements between the leaders of two countries about bilateral cooperation including the project which china has committed to implement it in Afghanistan.