Ministers of NATO and ISAF partner states to gather in Brussels

The NATO Foreign Ministers will hold their regular spring meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 23 April.

The meeting will bring together representatives from the 22 non-NATO countries which contribute to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan as a part of North Atlantic Council.

The meeting will feature discussions on NATO`s plan to handover ISAF authority to Afghanistan, and the future of NATO mission in Afghanistan after 2014.

The NATO ministers will meet with their counterparts from the 22 non-NATO countries which contribute to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.

Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul, the European Union`s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and the UN Secretary General`s Special representative Jan Kubis will attend the meeting.