ISLAMABAD (SW) – The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that “any self-serving and fanciful claims regarding the legality of the Pak-Afghan border, (Durand Line), cannot change the facts of geography, history and international law.”
In response to media queries regarding remarks of the political deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the de-facto government of Afghanistan, on Saturday, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that Pakistan remained committed to facilitating fully regulated movement of people and goods across the border based on norms of interstate relations. “We will continue to take steps to this end,” she added.
Baloch said Afghanistan would be well advised to address Pakistan’s genuine security concerns.
On Thursday, at the ceremony of the 35th anniversary of the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan conducted in Logar, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, political deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Emirate, said that “Afghanistan will not recognize the hypothetical Durand Line”.
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