ISTANBUL, (Turkey), Oct. 31 (APP): All arrangements have been finalized by Turkish government to hold sixth trilateral summit here on Tuesday to discuss the Afghanistan issue with a view to find a peaceful solution and ensure peace and security in the region. The trilateral summit being hosted by Turkish President Abdullah Gul would be attended by President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who have already arrived here. The President will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister for Defence Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar and Minister for Interior Rehman Malik and other officials in this summit. The trilateral summit will start with opening remarks by Turkish President Abdullah Gul followed by the addresses of President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
General Necdet Ozal, Chief of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces will participate in a separate session regarding the Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Meeting, among the highest level military officials from the three countries.
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.
The focus of the these Trilateral Summits were to promote cooperation in peace, security, stability and economic development in the region.
A Joint Working Group with the participation of high level representatives of the three countries has also been constituted and was given mandate to monitor the progress of implementation of the agreed matters.
The previous summits also recommended to establish Joint Working Group in areas of comprehensive dialogue at all levels, military cooperation, security cooperation in counter-terrorism and counter-narcotics, energy, transport corridors and socio-economic projects.
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