The Istanbul Process is an initiative launched in 2011 with the aim of providing a platform to discuss regional issues, particularly encouraging security, political and economic cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbors, ISNA reported.
Afghanistan is the permanent chair of the meetings, along with a co-chair from one of the member states that shifts each year.
This year's conference will be inaugurated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Afghan counterpart, Ashraf Ghani, with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Idrees Zaman, acting minister of foreign affairs of Afghanistan, acting as co-chairs, Financial Tribune reported.
Turkey will hand over its co-chairmanship to Tajikistan during the meeting.