Saturday, November 17, 2012
Kabul (BNA) President Hamid Karzai met with the Turkish interior minister Adress Naem Saheen.
The Turkish minister expressed pleasure over his visit to Afghanistan and said that it is his second trip to Afghanistan and for the first time he was here in 2005 and I see considerable change since then and I see positive changes in the country.
He assured at the meeting that after 2014 Turkish interior ministry will assist the Afghan interior ministry.
He provided information about some Turkish private companies engaged in Afghanistan and expressed the hope that the Afghan government would take measures for resolution of these companies’ problems.
The Turkish minister called his meeting with the Afghan interior minister as fruitful especially in respect to the training of the Afghan police by Turkey and in continuation of this cooperation.
He invited President Karzai that during his visit to Turkey see the training center where the Afghan police are receiving training. President Karzai called Turkey as ancient friend of Afghanistan and said that Turkey has immensely assisted Afghanistan in the past ten years and we are appreciative of this assistance.
He added that the Afghans are presently studying in Turkey with the financial support of the Turkish people and we shall never forget this support of the Turkish government and people.
President Hamid Karzai assured the Turkish minister that we shall try to resolve the problems of the Turkish companies. He also accepted visiting of the Turkish training center where Afghan police are under training during his visit to Turkey.
