Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Wednesday held a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in China on the sidelines of Afghanistan meeting, Mehr news reports.
Amir-Abdollahian is also set to meet with the Foreign Ministers of Qatar, Turkmenistan and Indonesia on the sidelines of the third foreign ministers meeting of Afghanistan's neighboring countries which is taking place in Tunxi, in China on March 30-31.
Hosted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the opening ceremony of the meeting will be held on Wednesday night.
The statement of the meeting is expected to be released on Thursday afternoon, China time.
Hosted by China virtually, the first meeting of Afghanistan's neighboring countries was held on September 8, 2021, with the participation of the Foreign Ministries of 6 neighboring countries of Afghanistan.
Tehran also hosted the second meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighbors, plus Russia, on October 26, 2021.
Pakistan also hosted a meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan neighboring countries late last year.
The foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighbors, along with Russia, stated in a joint statement on October 26, 2021, that a comprehensive political structure with the participation of all ethnic groups was the only solution to Afghanistan's problems.
