Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Kabul (BNA) Chief Executive, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah met Franz-Michael Mellbin, European Union Special Representative and Ambassador to Kabul, his office said in a statement the other day.
According to the statement, during the meeting, Mr. Mellbin briefed the CE on his recent visit to Pakistan. Both sides also exchanged views on preparations of the government to Brussels Summit, the statement concluded.
Dr. Abdullah also met Tomio Shichiri, representative of Food and Agriculture Organization for United Nations to Afghanistan here in Kabul the other day, a statement from his office said.
In the meeting, Mr. Shichiri briefed CE on his organization’s activities and preparations to participate to Brussels Conference on Afghanistan and asked Dr. Abdullah to support his agency, according to the statement.
Thanking Mr. Shichiri for his activities in Afghanistan, CE Abdullah assured of his continued cooperation with the agency. According to another report, Dr. Abdullah also met delegations of Iran, Russia and Tajikistan who were attended in five-side workshop on counternarcotics in Kabul. In the meeting, Dr. Abdullah called production and trafficking of narcotics a common threat to both Afghanistan and the region and asked for joint regional and international cooperation to fight the phenomenon.
Afterward, the heads of the delegations thanked the people and government of Afghanistan for launching such workshops in Kabul and declared full cooperation of their countries with Afghanistan in counter-narcotics.
