The Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, arrived in Islamabad today [Wednesday] on his first visit to Pakistan to discuss ways to facilitate transit trade and cross-border movement.

The Afghan acting Foreign Minister will be participating in a meeting of the Troika plus on Afghanistan, on Thursday.

The important meeting will be attended by Special Representatives and Envoys from Afghanistan from China, Russian Federation, United States and Pakistan, a statement from the Foreign Office said.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi would inaugurate the meeting, which would discuss in detail the situation in Afghanistan and the way forward.

Foreign Office said “Pakistan attaches high importance to the Troika Plus mechanism on the situation in Afghanistan. Pakistan hopes that deliberations of the Troika Plus meeting would contribute to the ongoing efforts for achieving lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan,”.