Washington, Apr 22 (PTI) Taking the US-Pak-Afghan meeting to the highest level, President Barack Obama has invited his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts Asif Ali Zardari and Hamid Karzai respectively to White House in early May to discuss the situation in the region.
As a result the second tri-lateral meeting between the three countries, which was earlier schedule to be held at the level of Foreign Minister, would now be converted into a US-Afghan-Pak summit.
The first ever summit between the three countries after Obama's inauguration as US President would be held on May six and seven, the same dates on which the second tri-lateral meetings was scheduled for, diplomatic sources told PTI.
The summit would bring face to face the three leaders together, they said.
As was the case with the first tri-lateral meeting at the Foreign Minister level, Obama would be meeting one-o-one with Karzai and Zardari; following which the three leaders would be meeting together to discuss the current situation in the region and chalk out a common strategy to defeat al Qaeda and the Taliban in the Af-Pak region.
PTI
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