Jalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, met Tomas Niklasson, the European Union (EU) Special Representative for Afghanistan, during his visit to Belgium.

On Thursday, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry stated that the two sides discussed peace and stability in the region during this meeting.

According to the announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Jilani emphasised on “optimal utilisation of dialogue processes to foster meaningful cooperation”.

The statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan about the discussion with the European Union's special envoy for Afghanistan about peace and stability in the region comes at a time when the country has been recently involved in launching missile attacks towards another neighbour Iran.

On the other hand, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has asked the Afghan Taliban to hand over the leaders of the terrorist groups to Islamabad.