President Karzai Will Leave for China
Office of the Spokesman to the President
06/13/2006
Arg, Kabul - H.E. Hamid Karzai, President
of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, will leave for China
to attend the “5th Summit of Shanghai Co-operation Organisation
(SCO)” and to make an official visit to Beijing after
the summit.
The President, as a special guest at the SCO summit,
will address the 5th Summit of Shanghai Co-operation Organisation
on a wide range of issues.
On the fringes of the SCO summit, the President
will hold meetings with H.E. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia,
H.E. Pervez Musharraf, President of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, H.E. Islam Karimov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan,
Emomali Rahmonov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, H.E.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan,
H.E. Natsagiyn Bagabandi, President of Mongolia and Secretary
General of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation to discuss
bilateral relations, economic and social development in the
region and the regional cooperation among the SCO member states.
During his official visit to Beijing, the President
will meet with H.E. Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic
of China, and other high ranking Chinese officials to discuss
bilateral relations and other issues of mutual interest.
The President will address students, teachers
and researchers from Beijing University and China’s International
Relations Institute on the expansion of relations between Afghanistan
and the People’s Republic of China, the fight against
terrorism and other regional issues.
The Governments of Afghanistan and China will
sign agreements on the expansion of trade ties, the establishing
of counseling relations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs
of both countries, the strengthening of cooperation between
the Chambers of Commerce and the Investment Support Institutions
of both countries, the strengthening of cooperation between
China and Afghanistan in the fight against drug trafficking,
the strengthening of cooperation between the two countries in
the areas of agriculture, customs tariffs and aerial services
and the training of Afghanistan’s military personnel.
The President will also visit the wind-powered
electricity generation factories, the schemes of solar-generated
electricity and dairy manufacturing plants in China’s
Shian and Singiang cities bordering Afghanistan.
The President will leave China for Kazakhstan
to attend the second conference on “Interaction and Confidence
Building Measures in Asia” which will be held in Almata,
Kazakhstan.
The conference on Interaction and Confidence Building
Measures in Asia aims to seek ways and means to promote confidence-building
and to strengthen good neighborhood and cooperation among the
SCO member states.
The President is accompanied to the SCO summit
by H.E. Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
H.E. Dr. Zalmay Rasoul, National Security Advisor, H.E. Dr.
Eshaq Naderi, Senior Advisor to the President on Economics and
H.E. Jawed Ludin, Chief of Staff to the President.
H.E. Dr. Amin Arsala, Senior Minister and Acting
Minister of Commerce, H.E. Dr. Anwarulhaq Ahadi, Minister of
Finance, H.E. Obaidullah Ramin, Minister of Agriculture &
Irrigation and H.E. Dr. Sayed Makhdom Raheen, Acting Minister
of Youth and Culture will also join the President on his official
trip to Beijing.
