United States endorsing Pak, Afghan UK summit declaration said that we are committed ourselves to support an Afghan-led process.
During daily press briefing spokeswoman of State Department Victoria Nuland replying a question said that as you know, last month we had our own meeting. President Obama had welcomed President Karzai here to Washington.
And in that context, they reaffirmed that an Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process is the surest way to end the violence and ensure lasting stability in Afghanistan and in the region.
We believe that the U.K.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Chequers summit that occurred this weekend, was clearly an advance in this process. We fully endorse the contents of the joint statement that those three governments came forward with, and we are committed ourselves to support an Afghan-led process, she elaborated.
She said our goal here has been to support the creation of a process to make it possible, both in the work that we’re doing with the Afghan Government, the work that we’re doing with the Government of Pakistan and the three of us together through the core group, and our support for the opening of the office in Qatar under the right circumstance, to make it possible for willing Taliban participants to talk directly to the Afghan High Peace Council.
That’s what we’re looking for, and we call on the Taliban to take the steps necessary to open the office in Doha and to enter into real dialogue with the High Peace Council, she said.
She said the goal for everybody should be an inclusive political order in a strong, unified, sovereign Afghanistan.