Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi hold the third China-Pakistan strategic dialogue of foreign ministers in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan province, on July 24, 2021. (LIU KUN / XINHUA)

BEIJING - China and Pakistan need to strengthen communication and coordination to support a stable transition in Afghanistan, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday.

Wang made the remarks in the evening during a phone conversation with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, during which they also discussed bilateral ties and the Dasu terrorist attack in Pakistan.

Wang congratulated Pakistan on its grand celebration of the 75th Independence Day and wished it prosperity and strength.

Noting that the situation in Afghanistan has changed dramatically and become the focus of global attention recently, Wang said the so-called "democratic transformation" proved to be unrealistic, which only brought about hurtful consequences and lessons from it are worth remembering and learning.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on China and Pakistan to play constructive roles in maintaining regional peace and stability, offering four suggestions

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He called on China and Pakistan to play constructive roles in maintaining regional peace and stability, offering four suggestions.

Firstly, the two sides should encourage all Afghan parties to strengthen solidarity, and to establish a new broad-based and inclusive political structure that is suited to the Afghan national conditions, and supported by the public.

Secondly, both sides should support Afghanistan in its resolute fight against terrorism, and Afghanistan must not become a gathering place for terrorism again.

Thirdly, the two sides should contact and communicate with the Taliban in Afghanistan to ensure the safety of Chinese and Pakistani personnel and institutions there, as the Chinese and Pakistani embassies in Afghanistan are still operating normally.

Fourthly, the two sides should promote international cooperation involving Afghanistan in an orderly manner, and especially give play to the unique role of neighboring countries, so as to push the situation in Afghanistan gradually into a virtuous circle.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the domestic situation in Afghanistan was moving toward stability

On the Dasu terrorist attack, Wang voiced China's appreciation of the important progress made by Pakistan in the investigation and hoped that Pakistan will make every effort to arrest the perpetrators, and punish them in accordance with the law, so as to give an explanation to the people of the two countries and as well as a powerful deterrent to the forces that attempt to undermine China-Pakistan friendship.

He also hoped that Pakistan will accelerate to implement strengthened whole-process security measures and upgraded security cooperation mechanism to ensure that similar incidents will not happen again.

For his part, Qureshi thanked China for its good wishes for Pakistan's Independence Day and its long-term strong support for Pakistan's national construction.

He expressed his appreciation for China's important and positive role on the Afghan issue, saying that as Afghanistan's neighbors, Pakistan and China ought to strengthen coordination.

Afghanistan needs a political settlement through negotiations in the future, Qureshi said, adding the Taliban's takeover of Kabul has not caused bloodshed and Afghanistan's domestic situation is stabilizing with life gradually returning to normal.

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Pakistan, he said, stands ready to strengthen communication with China, push the Taliban to work with all other parties to set up an inclusive and comprehensive political structure and establish a multilateral coordination mechanism involving the neighboring countries of Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, Qureshi said that Pakistan will go all out to arrest perpetrators of the Dasu terrorist attack, find out the forces behind it and severely punish them.

In this Sept 27, 2018 file photo, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during their meeting at the UN headquarters in New York. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Wang holds phone talks with Turkish counterpart

On the same day, Wang and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, exchanged views on the Afghan situation over phone.

Taliban leaders have sent positive signals to the outside world, while a Taliban spokesperson has ensured the security of embassies in Afghanistan and expressed the willingness to establish sound relations with other countries, Wang noted, expressing his expectation that the commitments will be turned into concrete policies and actions.

China's views and stance on the Afghan situation are objective and fair, which respect the choice of the Afghan people and also encourage the Taliban to act in a responsible manner, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said

The Taliban spokesperson has said that it is hoped that an inclusive new government can be formed in Afghanistan, and the country will no longer be a center for growing opium and trading drugs. The remarks, Wang said, indicated a right direction.

He also stressed that after the withdrawal of foreign troops from their country, the Afghan people have the opportunity to take their destiny in their own hands. The "Afghan-led, Afghan-owned" principle can also be possibly implemented in a practical way.

The key now, Wang said, was to find a reconstruction path that is suited to the Afghan national conditions, in line with the trend of the times, and understood and supported by the Afghan people.

To do so, the Taliban need to make a clear break with all terrorist forces and take measures to crack down the international terrorist organizations designated by the United Nations Security Council, including the East Turkistan Islamic Movement.

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It will be difficult for the process of peace reconstruction in Afghanistan to go smoothly, Wang said, calling on the international community to jointly encourage and support all the parties and nations in Afghanistan to cooperate in solidarity during the process.

For his part, Cavusoglu said he fully agreed with Wang on the Afghan issue.

China's views and stance on the Afghan situation are objective and fair, which respect the choice of the Afghan people and also encourage the Taliban to act in a responsible manner, Cavusoglu said.

He urged relevant parties in Afghanistan to seek inclusive solutions and prevent the country from once again falling into a birthplace of terrorism.

The Turkish side is willing to maintain close coordination and cooperation with the Chinese side, and push the situation in Afghanistan to develop in a favorable direction as soon as possible, Cavusoglu said.