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| The Grand Turk |
| Afghanistan's Karzai welcomes Taliban setting up office in Turkey |
| 2010-12-27 |
| Afghan President Hamid Karzai has supported the idea of Turkey becoming a venue for reconciliation talks with the Taliban, which he says could even open a representation office in Turkey. Turkish officials, however, stress that Ankara is focused on the reconciliation talks between Afghan groups and that the opening of such an office has not yet come onto the agenda of talks with the Afghan government Turkish President Gül meets with Afghanistan's Karzai in Istanbul. Turkish officials are cool to Karzai's offer for Taliban to open an office in the Turkish city. AA photo The Afghan president has indicated his potential support for the idea of Taliban officials setting up an office in Turkey as a means for reconciliation talks, though Turkish officials said Sunday the idea was still “hypothetical.” “The idea was that Turkey would serve as a place where gatherings can take place, where representation [of the Taliban] could be established in order to facilitate reconstruction and reintegration,” Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a joint news conference in Istanbul with his counterparts from Turkey and Pakistan, saying figures close to the Taliban had previously shared the idea with him. “If Turkey provides such a venue, we, as the government, as the state [of Afghanistan], will be pleased to walk on the path that Turkey has opened,” Karzai said. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Gul is a friend of the Islamist/terrorist! |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-12-27 12:17 |