China’s President Xi Jinping has said that Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member nations should focus on the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group in order to help facilitate peace and reconstruction in the war-weary country.

Meanwhile, the Presidential Palace said in a statement that at his meeting with Ghani, the Chinese president pledged to expand China’s cooperation with Afghanistan so that it can achieve peace and stability.

“China’s president hailed President Ashraf Ghani’s peace and economic initiatives and expressed his full support to the ceasefire. He said that Taliban’s endorsement of the temporary ceasefire is good news for the region,” said the statement.

In this episode of Farakhabar, host Massoud Malik discusses the topic with the following guests:

Shahhussain Murtazawi, the president’s deputy spokesman.

Entizar Khadim, political affairs analyst