Pakistan's Ambassador to China, Masood Khan has conveyed to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about his country's federal cabinet's decision of not participating in the Bonn conference on Afghanistan. Pakistan cabinet took this decision on Tuesday in response to the Nato/ISAF attacks on Pakistani check-posts last week in which 24 soldiers were killed and 13 injured.
The Ambassador also informed the Chinese side about the other important decisions and measures announced by the cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. The Ambassador underlined the Chinese Foreign Ministry that Pakistan attaches highest importance to stability and peace in Afghanistan and supports an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process.