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Recommendations of Islamabad Trilateral Dialogue on China-Afghanistan-Pakistan


Source : Muhammad Arif   Date : 21-10-2014   By : Nihao-Salam News Network 

Recommendations of Islamabad Trilateral Dialogue on China-Afghanistan-Pakistan

Islamabad, Oct 21: China-Afghanistan-Pakistan, the first-ever initiative of by Pakistan-China Institute concluded here on Monday with recommendations and guidelines based on the views expressed by participating scholars, diplomats and experts.

Five-point Recommendations were presented by Pakistan-China Institute Executive Director, Mustafa Hyder Sayed, for Way Forward in cooperation between China, Afghanistan & Pakistan at conclusion session of two-day Trilateral Dialogue encompassing:

a) Trilateral Dialogue, conceived, planned & launched by the Pakistan China Institute, has now been institutionalized with the Islamabad Trilateral Dialogue; the first held in Beijing in August 2013, and Insha’Allah, in 2015, the Trilateral Dialogue will convene in Kabul, Afghanistan, at a mutually convenient date.

b) Joint Trilateral Counter Terrorism Task Force be established between the three neighbors, to share information, intelligence, coordinate policy and strategy to combat terrorism, which should meet quarterly in rotation in each of the three countries capitals.

 c) Joint Trilateral Task Force for promoting the Central Asia Economic Belt and Pakistan-China Economic Corridor, to include the three neighbors, with projects which can be of mutual benefit to the communities along the Corridor and peoples of the three countries. Trilateral Business Council, involving the private sectors, be established to promote this.

d) Joint Trilateral Youth Summer Camps of students and youth of the three neighbors to assemble by rotation in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, Xinjiang province in China and the Wakhan region of Afghanistan.

e) Trilateral Media Conference to be convened annually to promote communication and better understanding amongst print, electronic and Social Media, including Bloggers, of China, Afghanistan & Pakistan, with training workshops and joint reporting initiatives about each other's countries reinforced by regular exchanges of journalists.

Pakistan-China Institute took the initiative for meaningful dialogue process aimed enhancing, trust and cooperation between China, Afghanistan and China. He also admired role of Ronny Heine, Resident Representative of the German political foundation Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) for supporting this international conference.

Trilateral Dialogue on China-Afghanistan-Pakistan brought together strategists, academicians, diplomats and foreign relations experts to discuss the current security and political situation in Afghanistan, its implications for neighboring countries, and the way forward.

China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral dialogue concluded with consensus agreement to adopt a collective approach toward countering challenges of security and stability in three neighbouring countries; China Afghanistan and Pakistan. The suggestion focused on boosting mutual cooperation; enhancing cultural, academic and people to people contacts to bring better understanding and improve trust level between three countries as China Afghanistan and Pakistan share borders, culture and can share the bright future destiny too.