President Ashraf Ghani met with Abdullah Abdullah, head of the Reconciliation Council, on Sunday at the Presidential Palace to address the next round of the peace talks, the Palace said in a statement.

Ghani and Abdullah have discussed the second meeting of the leadership of the council and issues concerning the venue and time of the next round of the peace talks, it said.

Abdullah said that they concluded the joint meeting between the leadership committee of the council with the Republic’s negotiation team on Sunday.

He said the committee reiterated its full support for the Republic’s negotiation team and decided on clear guidelines for the team for the next round of talks.

Abdullah added that the leadership committee decided that the next round of peace talks will take place in Doha, Qatar