Islamabad, Mar 30 (ANI): A Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman has rejected a statement attributed to the spokesman of the President of Afghanistan that Pakistan has imposed pre-conditions for the peace process, saying it is not wrecking the peace talks by making impossible demands.
The spokesperson on Friday claimed that Pakistan has not laid down any pre-conditions for the peace process, the Nation reports.
In an official statement the spokesman said Pakistan is wholeheartedly supporting and facilitating the peace process without any conditions or preference for any particular group or party.
The spokesperson added that the proposal for a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) between Pakistan and Afghanistan had emanated from President Karzai himself, adding the Government of Pakistan had welcomed the proposal.
The spokesperson also said that Pakistan did not demand that Afghanistan should cut all ties to India, adding Pakistan has no objection or issue with Afghanistan developing relations with any country and they have only stressed that those external forces, which are using the soil of Afghanistan to destabilize Pakistan, should be discouraged.
On sending Afghan Army officers to Pakistan for training, the spokesperson said that this was an offer made by the government of Pakistan in goodwill to contribute to the training needs of the security forces of Afghanistan, the paper reported.
The spokesperson said that Pakistan remains fully committed to facilitating peace, reconciliation and stability in Afghanistan, adding Pakistan's offers of goodwill should not be construed as pre-conditions. (ANI)
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