Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on 25th June said he had started shuttle diplomacy to improve relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on 25th June said he had started shuttle diplomacy to improve relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Chinese foreign minister was speaking in Islamabad along with Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz after he concluded two-day hectic consultations with the Afghan and Pakistani leaders.
"The purpose of my visit is to respond to the interest expressed by Pakistan and Afghanistan and I have been instructed by the Chinese leaders to conduct shuttle diplomacy between Pakistan and Afghanistan," the Chinese Foreign Minister said.
Wang visited Islamabad and Kabul on June 24 and 25. During the visit, the two countries agreed to establish the bilateral Crisis Management Mechanism, Geng said. The main targets for the visit is to implement the consensus between the state leaders and in addition the requirement of Afghanistan and Pakistan as directed by Chinese leaders, he said.
He said the revival of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group of Afghanistan, china, Pakistan and the U.S. and the SCO Contact Group are to be reactivated will help create favorable environment and conditions for the advancement of reconciliation process.
Wang's visit comes in the backdrop of reported move by US President Donald Trump to increase the American troop levels from the present 8,000 reversing his predecessor Barak Obama's move for a gradual pull-out, which encouraged Beijing to step in to play a bigger role.
What is shuttle diplomacy?
In diplomacy and international relations, shuttle diplomacy is the action of an outside party in serving as an intermediary between (or among) principals in a dispute, without direct principal-to-principal contact. Originally and usually, the process entails successive travel ("shuttling") by the intermediary, from the working location of one principal, to that of another.
The term was first applied to describe the efforts of United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, beginning November 5, 1973, which facilitated the cessation of hostilities following the Yom Kippur War.
Negotiators often use shuttle diplomacy when the one or both of two principals refuses recognition of the other prior to mutually desired negotiation.