Ghani, Imran Khan Discuss Peace via Phone

President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday afternoon spoke with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan via telephone, the Presidential Palace said in a statement.

During the phone call, the two sides have discussed the Afghan peace process and regional connectivity, the statement added.

According to the statement, Khan has promised that his country is ready to fully cooperate with Afghanistan to achieve peace and stability.

Meanwhile, Pakistani PM has invited President Ghani to visit Islamabad to discuss and agree on a detailed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding economic cooperation and regional connectivity.

In response, Ghani has thanked Khan for promising to cooperate in the Afghan peace process and accepted his invitation to visit Islamabad, saying the most suitable time of the visit will be set through diplomatic sources of the two countries.

The telephone conversation comes as U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad is holding the sixth round of U.S.-Taliban talks in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

Afghanistan believes Pakistan can have a key role in bringing Taliban to the negotiation table with Afghan government.

The Taliban insurgent group has continuously refused to talk directly with the Afghan government, calling it a “puppet regime”.