Date: 13/08/2021
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is following with great concern the developments of the situation in Afghanistan, and urges all Afghan parties to put an end to violence, implement a permanent ceasefire and speed up negotiations in order to end the conflict in Afghanistan.
In light of the critical circumstances that Afghanistan is going through, the General Secretariat further calls on all parties to work towards achieving reconciliation and establishing lasting peace in Afghanistan, for the welfare of the people of Afghanistan.
The General Secretariat affirms the organization’s keenness and readiness to continue to contribute to the peace, reconciliation and development process in Afghanistan to ensure the return of stability to Afghanistan.
The General Secretariat renews the Organization's firm commitment to support the comprehensive peace and reconciliation process led and owned by Afghanistan in order to achieve comprehensive reconciliation, lasting peace, stability and development within the framework of consensus and national harmony in Afghanistan.
The General Secretariat recalls relevant decisions and resolutions on Afghanistan adopted by the OIC Summit and meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers as well as the Makkah Declaration issued on 11 July 2018, by the International Ulama Conference on peace and
stability in Afghanistan.