ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaque Pervez Kayani and the Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Shuja Pasha on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said, ahead of a trilateral summit on the future of Afghanistan.

At the meeting, PM Gilani asked the foreign minister to visit Afghanistan to discuss reconciliation efforts there.

A senior government official told Reuters that Khar’s visit was also to prepare for a US-Pakistan-Afghanistan meeting to be held in Islamabad in the coming weeks.

President Asif Ali Zardari is currently on a two-day state visit to Myanmar.