Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday assured Afghanistan of his country's complete support for the Afghan peace process, stating that Islamabad wanted to be "friends not masters".

The foreign minister was speaking at a conference at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad alongside the chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Dr Abdullah Abdullah. The Afghan leader is currently in the capital on a three-day official visit.

"Security and stability is what we need and our security and stability is interlinked. I want to give a clear message: We have no favourites [and] do not want to meddle in your internal affairs. We respect and want to respect your sovereignty, your independence and your territorial integrity.

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