The fifth Summit of the Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Summit Process will be hosted by H.E. Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey, in Istanbul on 24 December 2010.

The Trilateral Summit process has been launched in 2007 and has evolved in time into a vibrant trilateral platform that is developing on the basis of the joint will of the three countries. The Trilateral platform allows the development of multi-dimensional cooperation in areas such as economy, development, security, education and training, while it provides for enhanced contacts across a wide spectrum, including among parliamentarians, businessmen and members of media.

The fifth Trilateral Summit takes place at an important point in time in which concrete projects are implemented and the Trilateral Process has gained maturity. In addition to the trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Interior which will be held for the first time in the margins of the Summit, a series of trilateral agreements will be signed also for first time ever.

Ahead of the Summit meeting H.E. Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey, and H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey will hold bilateral meetings with H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and His Excellency Asif Ali Zardari, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs, high-level military authorities, as well as the Presidents of the Chambers of Commerce will hold parallel trilateral meetings, the results of which will then be presented to the Presidents at their Summit meeting.

The conclusions of the trilateral meeting of the Directors of Intelligence of the three countries which was held ahead of the Trilateral Summit will also be presented to the Presidents.

A Joint Declaration will be adopted by the three Presidents at the conclusion of their Summit meeting.