国际英语资讯:Geneva conference on Afghanistan renews emphasis on peace process_时事

国际英语资讯:Geneva conference on Afghanistan renews emphasis on peace process

GENEVA, Nov. 28 -- A top Afghan security official said that a conference that ended here Wednesday has put a renewed focus on a peace process owned and led by those in the country, and now it is up to Taliban to come forward and play a constructive role.

"We see the stars lining up for peace at his point," said Hamdullah Mohib, national security adviser of Afghanistan, at a press conference here after the two-day Conference on Afghanistan in Geneva, adding that "the ball is in the Taliban's court."

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to have addressed the press conference but canceled at the last minute following a lethal bombing said to have taken place in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province on earlier Wednesday.

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Mohib said such attacks only "bolster" the striving for peace.

The Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, co-hosted by Afghanistan and the United Nations, was attended by delegations from 61 countries and 35 international organizations, representatives of civil society, the private sector and the media.

It issued a communique at the end saying, "Participants call on all concerned to seize this opportunity for an Afghan-owned and led peace process as the only viable path to satisfy the citizens' desire for an end to conflict, sustained and broad-based economic growth, and a more prosperous tomorrow."

UN Secretary-General's special representative Tadamichi Yamamoto said the gathering was likely the first international meeting on Afghanistan when issues of "peace have been taken up with such weight."