Kabul – Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Hekmat Khalil Karzai met with the Secretary General of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Mr. Arjun Bahadur Thapa.
At the beginning, gave information regarding the importance of RECCA-VI and talked regarding how to implement the projects of this conference.
Mr. Karzai stated that strengthening regional cooperation is one of the priorities of the National Unity Government foreign policy and added: “Strengthening regional cooperation will result in sustainable stability and security in the region, without which we will not reach big economic, political and security goals.”
Mr. Karzai asked the Secretary General of SAARC that one of the SAARC centers should be opened in Kabul.
Later on, Mr. Thapa called the RECCA-VI session a success for Afghanistan. He also gave information on the SAARC regional cooperation organization developments and stated: “Regional cooperation can be a main factor in sustainable economic growth which will positively and directly affect the living situation of the people.”
During this meeting, both sides talked thoroughly regarding the RECCA-VI agenda and other important political and economic issues of Afghanistan and the region.