President Karzai Returns From Saudi Arabia
Released by the Office of the Spokesman to the President Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan
02/21/2005
Presidential Palace, Kabul - H.E. Hamid
Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, returned
today from his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia.
During his visit, the President addressed the
Jeddah Economic Forum, highlighting the economic opportunities
in Afghanistan to investors and entrepreneurs in the region.
The President held bilateral talks with H.R.H. Crown Prince
Abdullah and H.E. Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The President also performed the Umrah pilgrimage,
and gifted, on behalf of the Afghan people, traditional Afghan
carpets to the Holy Mosque of the Prophet (PBUH) in the Holy
city of Madina.
