Participants in international meeting on Afghanistan agree on need to accelerate peace process and call for immediate end to violence

The participants expressed their full support and gratitude to the State of Qatar and its efforts in this regard.

The participants in the international meeting on Afghanistan in Doha agreed on the necessity of accelerating the peace process as a very urgent and essential issue for negotiating concrete proposals from both sides. The final statement issued by the meeting today urged the two parties to take steps to build confidence and accelerate efforts to reach a political settlement and a comprehensive ceasefire as soon as possible, and called for an immediate cessation of violence and attacks in and on the capitals of other governorates and cities. The participants reiterated that they will not recognise any government in Afghanistan that is imposed through the use of military force. The participants expressed their full support and gratitude to the State of Qatar and its efforts in this regard.