PM Nawaz, General Raheel Sharif arrive in Kabul
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is accompanied by COAS General Raheel Sharif and other top officials.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has arrived in Kabul on a day long visit today (Tuesday). He was invited by the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
The Prime Minister is accompanied by Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and senior officials.
They were received by Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and other government officials.
This is Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif s second visit to Afghanistan and the first after the installation of National Unity Government in Kabul. Earlier, he visited Afghanistan on 30 November 2013.
During the visit, the Prime Minister will have one- on- one meeting with President Ashraf Ghani. Other engagements of the Prime Minister will include a meeting with Afghan Chief Executive, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and delegation-level talks with the Afghan side.
The Prime Minister s visit is taking place at a time when bilateral relations between the two countries are underpinned by unprecedented warmth, mutual trust and a shared vision of working in lockstep to build a peaceful and stable region.
His visit to Afghanistan would further strengthen the positive momentum in bilateral relations and help intensify common endeavours in the pursuit of durable peace, stability and prosperity in the region.
