The State Ministry for Peace Affairs has announced that an International Peace Support Group will be formed based on a Presidential decree.

The Ministry in a press release on Thursday said that the aim of this group is to coordinate the international efforts in the Afghan peace process and emphasized that the state ministry will act on behalf of the government and lead group.

The State Ministry added that the minister’s consultative meetings with international partners to form an international peace support group have already been started as Salam Rahimi has met with ambassadors in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Spain and Russia and discussed about the peace process.