TEHRAN – Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran, M.B. Abbasi, said on Monday that the Tehran summit of the Iranian, Afghan, and Pakistani presidents has been rescheduled for May 24.

Ambassador Abbasi told the Tehran Times that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari informed him that the date of the summit had been set.
The three presidents plan to hold discussions on ways to deal with extremism and drug trafficking in the region during the meeting, he added.
The summit was originally scheduled for May 19 but was delayed due to the busy program of President Zardari.
The reconstruction of Afghanistan will also be on the agenda of the meeting.
The three leaders met less than three months ago in the Iranian capital Tehran for a regional economic summit, along with the leaders and officials of other neighboring states.
At that summit, the ten members of the Economic Cooperation Organization pledged to help rebuild Afghanistan and the Gaza Strip.
Iranian officials also attended the international conference on Afghanistan in The Hague on March 31.