PESHAWAR - A 13-member Afghan delegation has arrived in Islamabad for a four-day Track-II dialogue on bringing closer the neighbours, organisers say.
The Afghan political figures, lawmakers, retired army officers, civilian society activists and journalists arrived in Pakistan to a warm welcome late on Tuesday.
Billed as Beyond Boundaries, the dialogue is being organised by the Islamabad-based think tank Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) and the Kabul-based Organisation for Economic Studies and Peace (OESP).
CRSS Project Director Aized Ali said the delegates would also meet Pakistani officials and visit universities besides discussions on key issues including the peace process,
Pakistan-Afghan relations, problems of the Afghan refugees, students and also visa issues would be discussed, Ali was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
The impact on Pakistan-Afghanistan relations of President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Islamabad in June this year will also be discussed.
Ghani and Prime Minister Imran Khan and have agreed that a relationship of equality and cooperation can be developed through systematic mechanisms.
They agreed on cooperation on promoting political, trade, energy, peace and prosperity. The delegates will review issues related to over two million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan, visa issues and problems of businessmen. (Pajhwok)