By Xinhua
Ankara : The first meeting of the "Joint Working Group" comprised of officials from Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan will be held here on July 6 to boost confidence-building between the latter two countries.
Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Muhammad Khan and Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Kabir Farahi will attend the meeting held upon an invitation by Ertugrul Apakan, Undersecretary of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday.
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul will also separately receive members of the group, Anatolia said.
Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, often trading blames for not doing enough to stop a resurgent Taliban, visited Ankara on April 29 to 30 for talks under Turkey's auspices aiming to cool tensions between the two neighbors in the war against terror at the invitation of Sezer.
An "Ankara Declaration" had been released after the meeting which also foresaw the formation of the "joint working group", comprised of high-level representatives from the three countries to monitor developments and ensure coordination of confidence-building measures.