High Peace Council

Joint Secretariat

Press Release
Date: March 13, 2011
S/No: 11

Kabul, Afghanistan: The executive board of the HPC led by Professor Rabani had a meeting with ten members of the Pakistani senate led by H.E. Salim Saifullah Khan in the office of high peace council. Discussions were made on the Afghan Peace process.
In this gathering, both sides emphasized on the better relationships between the countries and declared that a peaceful region will cause ensuring peace in the whole world.
The executive board of the HPC and representatives of the Pakistan senate said that establishment of joint committee which would be led  by Afghanistan and Pakistan ‘s foreign Ministers is very important  and declared this as an imperative step towards expediting the peace process in the country and emphasized on the urgent establishment of this committee.
During this meeting the HPC executive board expressed that peace in Afghanistan is advantageous for other regional countries so the neighbors should play a constructive role in this process. The Pakistani delegation was invited by the Afghan High Peace Council.
The High Peace Council was established in September 2010 based on the recommendations of the National Consultative Peace Jirga. During this tenure the HPC garnered the international support for the peace and reintegration’s prgoramme.