KABUL Sayed Zafar Hashemi, deputy spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani, on Monday said that government has made it clear that all groups should attend the planned peace talks without any preconditions.

This came after the Pakistani adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz said at the Islamabad meeting early Monday a number of elements would help achieve a meaningful outcome, including the avoidance of setting preconditions ahead of the negotiation process with the Taliban.

The meeting, represented by China, Pakistan, the U.S and Afghanistan, was aimed to map out the way forward for the Afghan peace talks.

But Hashemi in reaction to the meeting said: "The Afghan government as a legal and elected institution is required to implement Afghanistan's constitution and all our steps, including the peace process, should be in accordance with the constitution."

He said that government had made it clear that no group should set preconditions for attending the talks.

According to him, peace could not come to Afghanistan without having certain plans in place. "Distinction between those who are ready to negotiate and those who are not ready should be made," he added.

Ustad Sayaf, a Jihadi leader, meanwhile said that they welcome peace talks only if they are transparent, that the nation is kept in the loop of all processes, that an end is put to the war, ensure the sovereignty of Afghanistan and maintain dignity of Afghans.

Meanwhile, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said that China was ready to work with all sides of the quadrilateral talks to facilitate the advancement of Afghan peace talks. However, he stressed that Afghanistan's sovereignty should be respected. (Tolonews)