KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar will visit Kabul on Wednesday for the “China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral meeting,” the Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Hafiz Zia Ahmad, the ministry’s deputy spokesperson, said the talks will focus on key topics, including political, economic, and regional cooperation among the three countries.
“It is expected that participants will exchange views on the future of relations based on shared interests, mutual understanding, and broad cooperation,” Ahmad said.
China’s foreign minister will also hold bilateral meetings with senior Taliban officials to discuss economic cooperation, bilateral ties, and building mutual trust, he added.
No further details have been released, and China and Pakistan have not yet commented on the visit or the talks.
This will be the second trilateral meeting in three months. In May, the ministers met in Beijing to discuss trade, economic cooperation, terrorism, and peace, according to Pakistan’s foreign ministry.
Following that meeting, Pakistan announced plans to support extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghanistan and to upgrade its diplomatic ties with the Taliban to ambassadorial level.
Neither China nor Pakistan has formally recognized the Taliban as Afghanistan’s legitimate government, but both have maintained relations, keeping embassies open and exchanging diplomats. China was the first country to accept a Taliban-appointed ambassador in Beijing.
This month marks four years since the Taliban returned to power. Although several regional countries have engaged with the group, only Russia has officially recognized its government.
