Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, welcomes Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan to Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool) (Associated Press)ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will host the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan for a meeting geared toward bringing peace to Afghanistan. Erdogan said the trilateral meeting would take place in Istanbul after Turkey’s March local election. Khan told reporters he hoped the meeting would bring “badly needed peace” to Afghanistan. Erdogan, meanwhile, welcomed Pakistan’s decision to hand over schools affiliated with exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen to a Turkish government foundation.

Source: Washington Post January 04, 2019 14:48 UTC