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Karzai Visits China
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On Tuesday, March 25th, H.E the President of
Afghanistan Hamid Karzai had a visit to People’s Republic of
China
with a number of governmental delegates including the ministers
of foreign affairs, defense, mines, and more than 20 leading
entrepreneurs.
Afghanistan's
minister of mines stated about the development of 11 natural gas
sites in the northwestern Afghan provinces of Jowzjan and
Maimana where an international tender is now planning to
determine the priority gas field operations by Afghans.
During the negotiations between the two presidents; Mr. Hu
Jintao expressed his country’s support and aid to
Afghanistan
reconstruction. Further he added,” both countries would actively
strike at terrorism, separatism and religious extremism.”
China is already a major source of consumer goods
for Afghanistan
where the bilateral trade between
China
and Afghanistan
reached the amount 439 million dollars in the year 2009 based on Central Statistics Department,
Afghanistan.
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During the visit, three bilateral agreements were signed
which were meant to expand trade, investment, economic
cooperation, technology transfer, transportation, basic
infrastructure, agriculture, irrigation, mining, training
programs and preferential tariff agreements for Afghan export to China.
In a joint statement issued at the conclusion of Mr. Karzai's visit,
he further reaffirmed “the principle of noninterference into other
countries' internal affairs, its respect for Afghanistan's independence,
sovereignty and territorial integrity, its respect for the Afghan people's
choice of a development road suited to their national conditions.”
It is worth mentioning here that H.E President Karzai was accompanied
by a delegation head of Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries
and a number of national traders and entrepreneurs of the country.
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