Gran Hewad, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said the meetings that will be held via video, precedes the long-awaited intra-Afghan negotiations and aims at building regional and international consensus in support of the Afghan peace process.
The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani will inaugurate the first meeting on Monday, which is set to be held via video conference, said Mr. Hewad, speaking in a video clip.
A second trilateral meeting will be held between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China on Tuesday (July 07), said Mr. Hewad, adding that security and economic cooperation, and the peace process will be discussed by the participants.
The third meeting will be attended by Afghanistan’s major international partners and the countries which provided support for Afghanistan in security and economic fields for over the past 19 years, according to the foreign ministry.
The meetings are set to begin at a time the issue of prisoner releases has been almost resolved, according to reports, citing sources that said additional prisoners would be freed and the direct talks would begin in the middle of July.
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