Overview
- Pakistan confirmed it will remain in the Pakistan–China–Afghanistan mechanism, a decision relayed at the Foreign Office’s weekly briefing.
- Officials said deeper cooperation depends on Kabul providing verifiable written guarantees and demonstrable action against militants operating from Afghanistan, including the TTP.
- The Foreign Office framed terrorism as the only bilateral dispute with Afghanistan and said embassies and consulates on both sides continue to function.
- Islamabad linked progress on trade, connectivity and regional initiatives, including talks aligned with an upgraded CPEC, to Afghanistan’s concrete commitments.
- The spokesperson said the government was not aware of any move to convert Saudi loans into a JF-17 deal and rejected recent remarks by India’s foreign minister as baseless.