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PM Sharif issues policy guidelines to FO
By APP
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday stressed the need for improving ties with the neighbouring countries, focusing settlement of all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir.
Nawaz Sharif in his policy guidelines to the Foreign Office soon after assuming the office of prime minister, said the government's immediate attention would be on improving relations with the neighbours.
"Unless the region is peaceful, our efforts for growth and development will not meet with success," said the Prime Minister.
Giving details, a Foreign Office spokesman said the Prime Minister had stressed the importance of regional consensus for a stable and peaceful Afghanistan.
The policy of an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process of peace and reconciliation will be persuaded, he added.
Regarding Pak-US ties‚ the Prime Minister noted the two countries have many areas of common interest. He said we will build on convergence and wherever there is divergence we will work to try to minimize and remove such divergence.
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