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Summary President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the trilateral meeting on Afghanistan being held in Istanbul.
President Asif Ali Zardari will visit Turkey from Monday next at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul toattend the trilateral meeting on Afghanistan being held in Istanbul.The President will have an all-encompassing dialogue with the Turkish leadership on different aspects of bilateral relations and cooperation on regional and international issues.Giving details of the visit, foreign office spokesperson Ms Tehmina Janjua at weekly briefing said President Asif Ali Zardari would join President Abdullah Gul and Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the trilateral summit on Afghanistan. The agenda of the summit, to be held in Istanbul, will include peace, stability and reconciliation in Afghanistan and economic cooperation among the three countries.She said Pakistan attaches importance to the trilateral and multilateral processes relating to Afghanistan and supports all endeavours and initiatives in this regard.Replying to a question she said Pakistan would raise the issue of attacks by militants from Afghanistan into Pakistani territory during trilateral summit.She said on Wednesday next, Turkey would host regional conference on Afghanistan and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar would lead Pakistan’s delegation at the moot.The conference would provide a platform to express solidarity and support for Afghanistan in its endeavours to establish peace and stability, she added.
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