Kabul – Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Hekmat Khalil Karzai met with the Deputy Assistant for Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic Egypt, Mr. Yasser Murad today before noon.
At the beginning, Mr. Karzai thanked Mr. Murad for participating in the Sixth Regional Economic Cooperation Conference for Afghanistan (RECCA-VI) and talked about the history of friendly relations of the two countries as well as cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Afghanistan in various areas.
Mr. Karzai while pointing out the Arab Islamic Countries’ place in the Foreign Policy of the National Unity Government, stated: “Promoting close relations with the Islamic counties is in the center of Afghanistan’s foreign policy amongst which Egypt is the most important country.”
Later on, Mr. Murad while emphasizing on the need for strengthening the cultural, political, and economic cooperation between the two countries, added: “Egypt and Afghanistan suffer from terrorism and extremism jointly and there is a need for Islamic world consensus in order to jointly counter terrorism.”
At this meeting, both sides emphasized on further strengthening of the relations between the two countries in various political, economic and cultural areas.