ISLAMABAD, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Saturday welcomed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's statement that his country is ready for comprehensive dialogue with Pakistan.
President Ghani, in his message on the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Azha, said that peace with Pakistan is on his country's national agenda.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif hailed the Afghan president's remarks in a statement, saying that his country is willing to hold talks with Afghanistan in line with a bilateral mechanism.
"Pakistan's position in the context of Afghanistan is very clear. We want to see peace and stability in Afghanistan and for that Pakistan will contribute and play its due role in all the initiatives taken to that end," the foreign minister said in a statement.
He also said Pakistan and Afghanistan have already had bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral and multilateral mechanisms for dialogue and interaction in place.
"Those mechanisms should be utilized to their full potential," he said.
Asif said that during previous interactions, both sides recognized the need for political to political, military to military and intelligence to intelligence cooperation.
