Uzbekistan and Pakistan have also set an ambitious target of increasing annual bilateral trade to $2 billion within five years.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who expressed Washington’s willingness to play a constructive role in reducing tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Khalilzad made the remarks ahead of the second Termez Dialogue, which is scheduled to open in Uzbekistan on Thursday.
Diplomatic sources from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka have confirmed that informal consultations have been ongoing on replacing SAARC.
Coronavirus infections in the South Asia region surpassed 30 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally of official data, led by India which is struggling...