Prior to tonight's critical meeting, in which President Abdullah Gül will be hosting Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zerdari, Ankara has set up a "hotline," a direct visual communication network which will allow the three leaders to convene remotely.

Turkey, which is aiming to establish cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has initiated establishing this direct visual communication "hot line" in order to provide immediate communication among the three leaders in times of crisis.

This is a translation of an article originally written by Duygu Güvenç.