Japanese Ambassador Kuninori Matsuda calls on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the GHQ in Rawalpindi. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the envoy lauded Pakistan's role for peace and stability in the region particularly Afghan peace process and vowed to further enhance ties with Pakistan. “Pakistan values its relations with Japan and acknowledged its efforts for regional stability,” the army chief was quoted by the ISPR as saying. President Biden after reviewing the Afghan peace efforts has finally concluded that the US forces would have to withdraw from Afghanistan by September 11 this year. The army chief said that Pakistan will always support an “Afghan led-Afghan Owned” peace process based on mutual consensus of all stakeholders.

Source: The Express Tribune April 14, 2021 15:33 UTC