The EU Delegation in agreement with Kabul-based heads of EU mission and Ambassador of Canada in a statement urged warring parties to seize the opportunity for lasting peace and immediately start the already-delayed talks to end the longest-running war in the country.
Issuing a statement, the EU and Canadian envoys also called for “democratic and human rights” achievements of the past 19 years to be preserved in the upcoming intra-Afghan negotiations.
The delegations also urged for the “full participation of women in all aspects of the negotiations,” according to the statement.
“There is no military solution to the conflict and the still unacceptably high level of violence is contrary to expectations of a meaningful peace process and the principles of the UN Charter,” the statement further read.
The statement meanwhile urged the Taliban to accept calls for “an immediate, unconditional, comprehensive and nationwide ceasefire.”
The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the statement, saying the government fully intends to seize the opportunity to bring the running conflict to an end through negotiations.
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