KABUL – Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Hekmat Khalil Karzai met this afternoon with the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ms Frances Adamson in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Referring to the important relations between the two countries, Mr. Karzai said that the cooperation of Australia over the last one and a half decade has positive effects on the lives the Afghan people.

Mr. Karzai also provided information on the current political and security situation of the country; achievements of the Afghan government in the fields of good governance, counter terrorism, peace process, regional cooperation and the fight against corruption, as well as assured of the Afghan government commitment to take further steps in this regards.

In return, Ms. Adamson reassured of her country’s continued cooperation with Afghanistan in different spheres, and added the commitment that Australia has given in international conferences to cooperation with Afghanistan will be implement to improve security and provide assistance to the Afghan people.