Italy plans to move its Afghan embassy to Doha in Qatar, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday.

"I will meet today with the Emir of Qatar and then with the foreign minister because it is our intention to relocate the embassy we had in Kabul to Doha," said Di Maio, who was speaking in a video call from Doha to businessmen and politicians attending a business conference in Cernobbio on Lake Como.

"Qatar has become the center of diplomatic relations with respect to this Afghan government that is being formed," Di Maio said.