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Summary Sixth trilateral summit on Afghanistan issue will be held in Istanbul tomorrow.
The opening remarks will be made by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, followed by the address by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Istanbul on Sunday at the invitation of Turkish President Abdullah Gul to participate in the summit.Zardari is being accompanied by Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar and Interior Minister Rehman Malik.The President will hold bilateral talks with the Turkish President besides participating in the trilateral summit.Chief of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces General Necdet Ozal will participate in a session regarding the Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral meeting among the highest level military officials from the three countries.The trilateral summit will be followed by ‘Istanbul Conference for Afghanistan’ being held on November 2, which will be attended by Foreign Ministers of 14 neighbouring countries of Afghanistan, representatives of other countries and international organisations.The Afghanistan-Pakistan-Turkey trilateral process was launched in April 2007 and the subsequent trilateral summits were hosted by Turkey in December 2008, April 2009, January 2010 and December 2010.
