Chinese premier, Afghan president to attend intl meeting on Afghanistan

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai will attend the Fourth Foreign Ministerial Conference of the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan to be held in Beijing on Friday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily press briefing on Tuesday that Li and Ghani will address the meeting.

According to Hong, foreign ministers or representatives from 14 member countries of the process, 16 other countries, 12 supporting international and regional organizations, and 4 countries and organizations with chairmanship will attend the meeting.