Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Kabul (BNA) President Hamid Karzai chaired the plenary meeting of Council of Ministers at the Presidential Palace yesterday.
Initially the Council of Ministers prayed to the souls of 5000 known and unknown martyrs of 1978 and 1979 martyred by the communist regime and asked great patience for their families from the court of Almighty Allah.
As per the previous decision of Council of Ministers (CM) the national flag were half-hoisted outside and across the country.
Prayers ceremonies were organized in mosques in different parts of Kabul city yesterday after noon. President Karzai attended a ceremony which was held at Presidential Palace. The other sites of the prayers were Shershah Suri mosque in Karte Char, Hazrate Abubakr Sedeeq mosque located in third Microrayon and Al-Zahra mosque at the first part of Dashti Barchi.
At these mosques huge number of people attended and prayed for the soul of the martyrs. In another part of the CM meeting President Karzai informed the cabinet members about the results of his visit to China and participation at the Asia-Europe Economic Summit in Beijing and the CM called the results of the visit as positive.
Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta National Security Advisor explained the details of the visit.
He said that during this visit the president addressed the 2013 Asia-Europe Economic Conference and explained the mutual cooperation, opportunities and capacities of Afghanistan to the participants of the conference and called revival of the Silk Route important for economic development of Asia-Europe and emphasized on Afghanistan location and role in that regard.
He insisted that Afghanistan is located at the cross road between East and West of Central and South Asia and expressed the readiness of Afghanistan for achieving its historical role as one of the main linking routes for trade between Asia and Europe continents.
In this visit President Karzai met President and Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of China in a friendly atmosphere and exchanged views with them in respect to economic, trade and cultural, security cooperation and the Chinese higher authorities by supporting Afghanistan’s strategic relations with the regional and world countries, emphasized on peace process in Afghanistan led by the Afghans and expressed their preparedness for playing an active role in ensuring of peace in Afghanistan.
The leaders of the two countries in their meetings agreed that by utilizing of the services of joint economic, trade commission expand investments and mutual cooperation and take joint measures for acceleration of work on the Ainak Copper Mine and the Amu River oil fields.
Meanwhile three agreements of cooperation in economic, technical, security and training were signed by the authorities of the two countries in presence of President Karzai including provision of 32 million dollars aid of China to Afghanistan, extradition of prisoners between the two nations and creation of cooperation among the Kabul and Shayan universities of China.
The CM called the results of the Afghan high ranking delegation visit to China in economic-political areas as positive and to the interests of the two nations.
Meanwhile minister of commerce and industries proposed retaining of commercial attaché in Germany and addition of a post of commercial attaché in India (Mumbai) to the CM session. The CM approved the proposal to the end of the fiscal year.
