Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to reactivate QCG mechanism
(VOVWORLD) - Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have agreed to restore the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, and the United States for promotion of peace and security, the Pakistan Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
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Sharif met with Ghani in Astana, Kazakhstan, on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, which was seen as an ice-breaking meeting amid the tense relationship between the two neighbors. Pakistan Foreign Ministry said the two leaders agreed to use QCG mechanism and bilateral channels to undertake specific actions against terror groups and to evolve, through mutual consultations, a mechanism to monitor and verify such actions.