President Karzai Leaves for Iran
Office of the Spokesman to the President
05/27/2006
Arg, Kabul - H.E. Hamid Karzai, President
of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, left for Iran on a two-day
state visit this morning.
During this visit, the President will meet with
Ayatollah Seyyed Muhammad Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Mahmoud Ahmadinezad, President
of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Dr. Hadad Adel, Director
of the Parliament and H.E. Manochehr Mottaki, Minister of Foreign
Affairs to discuss bilateral relations, regional and international
issues and other issues of mutual interest.
The Governments of Afghanistan and Iran will sign
agreements on the extradition of criminals, the transfer of
convicts, the encouragement of investments, the construction
of a railway line between Khaf in Iran and Herat in Afghanistan,
the strengthening of cultural and judicial cooperation between
Afghanistan and Iran, the protection of plants and the exchange
of quarantine technologies.
The President will address Iran’s Center
for Strategic and Middle East Studies and the Chamber of Commerce
on trade and investment opportunities in Afghanistan, the expansion
of regional trade ties, Afghanistan’s relations with its
neighbors and our neighbors’ role as a gateway to South
and Central Asia and the Middle East.
The President is accompanied on this trip
by H.E. Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
H.E. Zarrar Ahmad Muqbel, Minister of Interior, H.E. Dr. Zalmay
Rasoul, National Security Advisor, H.E. Sarwar Danish, Minister
of Justice, H.E. Muhammad Hanif Atmar, Minister of Education,
H.E. Muhammad Ismail, Minister of Water and Energy, H.E. Obaidullah
Ramin, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, H.E. Sohrab Ali
Safari, Minister of Public Works, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Amin Farhang,
Acting Minister of Economy, Sayed Makhdom Rahin, Acting Minister
of Information, Culture and Tourism, H.E. Dr. Enayatullah Qassemi,
Acting Minister of Transport, H.E. Dr. Eshaq Naderi, Senior
Advisor to the President on Economics, H.E. Nader Ali Mahdawi,
Advisor to the President on Religious Affairs, H.E. Muhammad
Anwar Jigdalek, Advisor to the President on Youth Affairs and
the Governors of Herat, Farah and Nimroz provinces.
