President Karzai Will Make an Official
Visit to Pakistan
02/13/2006
Arg, Kabul - H.E. Hamid Karzai, President
of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, will make a two-day
working visit to Pakistan on Wednesday, 17 February 2006.
During the visit, the President will hold meetings
with H.E. Pervez Musharaf, President of the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan and H.E. Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan
and other senior Pakistani officials.
In his meetings, the President will specifically
discuss the fight against terrorism and ways to dismantle terrorist
networks in the region. The President will emphasize the continued
and need for co-operation in the region and beyond in fighting
terrorism.
The President will address Pakistan’s National
Defence College on the regional dimensions of stability in Afghanistan.
The President will also meet with Pakistani entrepreneurs
and investors to encourage their investment in Afghanistan.
The President will visit Khan Abdul Wali Khan’s
tomb in Peshawar and meet with his wife, Mrs. Begum Wali Khan,
and his son, Mr. Asfendeyar Wali Khan to express his sympathies
and condolences.
The President will be accompanied on this trip
by a high ranking state delegation compiling cabinet members,
provincial governors and other senior officials. A small parliamentary
group representing both houses of palriament will also be part
of the delegation.
For further information, please contact:
• Khaleeq Ahmad, Deputy Spokesman on International
Affairs
Tel.: 00 93 70 286 853
Released by the Office of the Spokesman to the
President
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
