RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday reiterated the dire need for global convergence on Afghanistan to avoid humanitarian crisis.

He was talking to Deputy Foreign Minister of Canada Ms Marta Morgan who called on him in Rawalpindi.

During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, bilateral cooperation in various fields, overall regional situation and collaboration in humanitarian measures in Afghanistan were discussed.

The Army Chief said that Pakistan desires to maintain the tradition of bilateral engagement and wish for long term and multi-domain enduring relationship with Canada.

The visiting dignitary appreciated Pakistan's role in evacuation operation in Afghanistan, regional stability and pledged to play her role for further improvement in diplomatic cooperation with Pakistan at all levels.