President Pervez Musharraf (right) was phoned by Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) ( Greenpeace/Knoth) August 10, 2007 -- Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced today that President Pervez Musharraf has agreed "in principle" to address the closing session of the joint Afghan-Pakistan "Peace Jirga" -- or tribal assembly.
The meeting in Kabul of some 700 tribal leaders, who are seeking to find ways of ending Taliban and Al-Qaeda violence, enters its third day tomorrow.
The assembly is scheduled to conclude on Sunday. Musharraf was originally due to address the opening session yesterday but cancelled.
(AP, AFP)
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