TIA NEWS
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry will lead Pakistan delegation to to New Delhi to attend Meeting of the Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process Tuesday, 26 April.
Pakistan delegation will also hold bilateral meetings with other leading delegations attending the meeting. In New Delhi, government sources said Chaudhry will also have a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart S Jaishanker.
“Pakistan has continued to play an active role in the Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process, which was established in 2011 as a platform to discuss regional issues including security, economic cooperation and connectivity among Afghanistan, its neighbours and regional countries with a view to promote lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan”, say an officiall statement.
Pakistan hosted the fifth Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference in Islamabad on 9 December 2015. The Conference adopted a forward looking Islamabad Declaration entitled “Emphasizing Enhanced Cooperation for Countering Security Threats and Promoting Regional Connectivity”.
The Istanbul Process provides a new agenda for regional cooperation in the ‘Heart of Asia’ by placing Afghanistan at its center and engaging the ‘Heart of Asia’ countries in sincere and result‐oriented cooperation for a peaceful and stable Afghanistan, as well as a secure and prosperous region as a whole.