Noghaideli accused the pro-Moscow separatist regime in Abkhazia of ethnically cleansing the region and declaring independence.

Georgia’s complex relations with Russia was another topic covered at the meeting.

Karzai was giving a speech to the elders and residents of Andar district in Ghazni province when rockets were fired nearby, Ali Shah Ahmadzai, the provincial police chief, said.

Celalettin Cerrah, Istanbul police chief, said: “It is still not certain what kind of bomb it was.”

Turkish authorities have warned of possible attacks on civilian and security targets by the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), a Kurdish separatist group, before national elections on July 22.