• President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani arrived on 2 April 2017 in Canberra for a three days state visit. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hosted the President in Australia for the first time as the two countries started its political relations in 1969. 

President Ashraf Ghani met the Prime Minister and Governor-General Peter Cosgrove.

Prime Minister Turnbull said Afghanistan and Australia had forged a “solid connection” for more than a century. “From Afghan cameleers in the 1860s, through to the Australian military effort to free Afghanistan of terrorism, the two nations have long maintained a healthy partnership,” he said.

Discussions focused on sec­urity and development co-operation to help mutual relationship in all efforts to become more prosperous, enduring and streghthened. This visit, the first to Australia by an Afghan President, reflected the strong bond between our two nations. Afghanistan and Australia share a solid connection which has been forged over more than a century of shared history and contact between both population.

More detailed information about this visit could be found from the following link: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-talks-to-7.30-during/8415616