Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Abu Dhabi/Kabul (BNA) Afghanistan’s acting minister of foreign affairs, Salahuddin Rabbani who is visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for expressing sympathy discussed recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, where five of the friendly country’s diplomats have been killed, his office said in a statement the other day.
According to the statement, both sides discussed some key issues including terrorism threat, with the country’s acting foreign minister in a meeting with his UAE counterpart, Shaikh Abdullah Ben Zayed Ale Nehyan called terrorism a common threat for the two countries.
“Afghanistan is since long victimized by terrorism and the killing of five UAE diplomats along with two Afghan lawmakers, two diplomats and a number of local people in the recent Kandahar indicates that terrorism and extremism are common threats of both nations,” said the acting foreign minister adding such incidents would help both countries’ people strengthen their will in war on terrorism.
Rabbani vowed that the government of Afghanistan would launch investigation into the incident and would share information with the UAE step by step, said the statement.
UAE foreign minister, Shaikh Zayed Ale Nehyan thanked his Afghan counterpart for his sympathy, on behalf of the government and people of Afghanistan, and said both nations are brothers and the recent incident would never disturb relation between the countries, said the statement.
