Inaugural APAPPS meeting
news desk
KABUL
The inaugural session of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) was held in Kabul today (Sunday), according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal.
Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua headed the 28-member delegation of Pakistan during the session.
The delegation included representatives of foreign and interior ministries, commerce, Federal Board of Revenue, railway, communications, among other ambassadors.
Personnel of intelligence agencies and Pakistan Armed Forces were also part of the delegation.
Afghan deputy foreign ministry Hekmat Khalil Karzai led the Afghanistan delegation.
The action plan provides the forum to the neighbouring countries to hold a dialogue on an institutional level, the foreign office said, adding that five working groups have been formed under the APAPPS.
The representatives of the two countries held an in-depth discussion on ways to counterterrorism during the meeting.
Other issues such as regional security and the return of Afghan refugees was also discussed.
Earlier in the day, Janjua had arrived in Kabul with a 28-member delegation for the inaugural session of the APAPPS.
According to Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, the foreign secretary, in her opening remarks to the media, said that their presence in Kabul today with just two days in Pakistan’s general elections “shows our commitment to APAPPS”.
