Pakistan to support Afghan-led peace process
ISLAMABAD, Jun 11 (APP): Pakistan and Afghanistan on Saturday expressed their commitment to an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process of reconciliation to ensure peace in Afghanistan and in the region and called upon all of Afghanistan’s partners in the international community to support the process. These sentiments were expressed in the first meeting of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Commission for Reconciliation and Peace in Afghanistan which was held here Saturday. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai led their respective delegations to the meeting.
The two sides affirmed their resolve to work closely together for reconciliation and peace, in holistic and comprehensive manner.
Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, Chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council, Foreign Minister Zalmai Rasoul, General Karimi Chief of the Afghan Army, Rehmatullah Nabeel Director General National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin and Ambassador Mohammad Umer Daudzai participated from the Afghan side.
While Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar,  Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kiyani, Director General  ISI General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, and  Ambassador Mohammad Sadiq participated in the meeting from the Pakistan side.
Pakistan side strongly reiterated its principled support for Afghanistan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence and unity, as well as for adherence by the international community and Afghanistan’s neighbours to the principles of non-interference and non-intervention.
Both sides expressed satisfaction on the establishment of the Joint Commission for Reconciliation and Peace in Afghanistan.
The Pakistan side expressed its full support for the efforts of the Afghan High Peace Council and its Chairman Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani for promoting peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan and assured Pakistan’s fullest cooperation and support to the Council’s efforts.
Both sides emphasized the importance of continued close cooperation consultation and coordination on peace in Afghanistan, particularly in realizing the goal of a peaceful and prosperous region free of a terror and militancy.
The leaders mandated their senior official to meet as soon as possible to work out joint measures required to meet the above objectives.
Both the countries agreed that the Afghan High Peace Council will act  as the secretariat for the Joint Commission.
They also agreed to maintain constant contact through their respective Ambassadors.
Both sides agreed to intensify intelligence-intelligence and military-military cooperation and to hold separate military and intelligence meetings whenever required.     
The next meeting of the Joint Commission will be held in Kabul.