Thursday, March 19, 2009

International Relations: Pakistan-Iran-Afghanistan summit to be held in Tehran

IRNA reports that Iran's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday that a trilateral summit meeting of Pakistan-Iran-Afghanistan has been organized in Tehran in May this year to discuss a strategy to resolve the issues in the region.

Speaking at a news conference Qureshi said that the trilateral summit will help leaders from three important regional countries to focus on variety of key issues and to find out solutions.

He said that an international conference on Afghan issue is being arranged in The Hague which would be attended by major players.

However, Pakistan has urged Iran to also participate in the conference as it is a major regional player and Pakistan intends to engage Iran in the whole affair.

He said Russia is also organizing SCO meeting on the 27th of this month that will discuss Afghan issue.
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