ISLAMABAD - Leaders of Pakistani and Afghan parliaments called for improving the level of relations between the two countries and preventing mistrust caused by mutual accusations, official sources reported Saturday.
The presidents of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Awais Leghari, and the Wolesi Jirga (lower house of the Afghan parliament), Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi, agreed on the need to mend bilateral ties, according to a statement released by the national legislature.
During a meeting held on Friday, Leghari reiterated strong support from Islamabad to the negotiating process to end the conflict that has been bleeding the neighboring country for decades, intensified after the US aggression in 2001.
Any hostile propaganda against Pakistan from Afghanistan must end, also warned Leghari.
We must continue the exchange of parliamentary delegations to raise the level of confidence and identify the true enemies, considered Ibrahimi.
During a meeting this week with the president of the Wolesi Jirga, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for closer ties between his country and Afghanistan, resented by mutual accusations, and defended the peace process driven by his neighbor, which he considers a key to the region.
In this regard, he recalled the visit of President Ashraf Ghani in December and said that his administration aims to improve trust between the two governments.
In recent months, relations between the two countries fell to minimum levels by mutual allegations of support for insurgent organizations.  (Agencies)