The US on Friday shared with India its perception on the reconciliation process in Afghanistan and discussions its senior officials had with President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani recently.
US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia ministerial conference here and briefed him about the meetings Secretary of State John Kerry had with Karzai and Kayani in Belgium on Wednesday. “He shared with us some of the developments that have taken place, including the meetings that have been held between Pakistan and Kerry,” Khurshid told reporters here.
Burns also shared some of the impressions they have about the movement forward and the extent to which the High Peace Council in Afghanistan is being able to put in place together plans of moving forward on the peace initiative, he said.
“It was more of sharing of knowledge, information and convergence on the reaffirmation of our desire that we should have common platform to arrive at a peaceful solution to what has been a traumatic 10-year period in Afghanistan,” Khurshid said.