Tuesday December 15, 2015
Kabul (BNA) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan met yesterday with Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedov in sideline of Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Premiers summit held in Zang Zu of China.
In the meeting, both sides discussed related to expansion of relations between the two countries. The country’s chief executive said Afghanistan and Russia had good relations, hoping that the relations would expand in other development and economic fields, adding that both countries had a range of common challenges and it was needed to jointly and coordinately fight the common challenges and threats. Afterwards, the Russian Premier while calling Afghanistan as good neighbor for Russia and a strategic friend in past years added his country was interested in expanding the friendship with Afghanistan. He further said Russia also wanted to work with Afghanistan, on other economic opportunities and make sure that such opportunities would be used in a good way. The Russian Premier further said that his country hoped to expand its relations with Afghanistan in economic and political fields and discuss various bilateral opportunities and achievements. Both sides also discussed regarding counter terrorism and attraction of the regional countries’ cooperation in this regard.
