Ambassador Jawad Visits Portland, Maine
Embassy of Afghanistan
06/13/2005
Washington, D.C. – Said Tayeb Jawad, Ambassador
of Afghanistan to the United States, is visiting the city of
Portland in Maine where he will speak on “State-Building
in Afghanistan: Achievements and Challenges” at the Third
Annual Seminar Bernstein Forum for International Understanding
hosted by the World Affairs Council of Maine at University of
Southern Maine on June 13.
Ambassador Jawad appreciated the opportunity to
speak to the people of Maine about Afghanistan’s reconstruction
progress and the importance of the US-Afghanistan Strategic
Partnership to the success of the state-building process in
Afghanistan. He said: “The United States-Afghanistan Strategic
Partnership will encourage the advancement of freedom and democracy
in the wider region, and supports Afghanistan’s initiative
to restore the country’s historic role as a land bridge
connecting Central and South Asia. It will help shift the pattern
of regional relations from rivalry to economic and political
cooperation for regional stability and prosperity. The Partnership
is not against a third country, but it deters meddling in the
internal affairs of Afghanistan.”
On May 23 during his landmark visit to the United
States, President Hamid Karzai and President George W. Bush
signed the historic Joint Declaration of the United States-Afghanistan
Strategic Partnership. By signing the joint declaration, the
two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to bilateral cooperation
to fight terrorism and narcotics, consolidate democracy in Afghanistan
through institutional building and economic development, and
enabling Afghanistan to stand on its own feet for the long-haul.
Contact:
M. Ashraf Haidari
(202) 483-6410, (Ex-811)
Haidari@embassyofafghanistan.org
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