Kabul (BNA) Mir Rahman Rahmani, Speaker of Wolesi Jirga arrived Pakistan yesterday at the head of a parliamentary delegation.
He was greeted at Islamabad International Airport by Pakistani Parliament Speaker Asad Qaisar.
Rahmani is scheduled to attend an economic summit (Pico) in Islamabad today to discuss economic and parliamentary relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Mir Rahman Rahmani also said that he would discuss important political and cultural issues, security in the region, the strengthening of parliamentary relations and the expansion of trade relations between the two countries with Pakistani officials.
This is the second visit of Wolesi Jirga Speaker’s from Pakistan in less than a year.
Rahmani invited his Pakistani counterpart to visit Kabul, Qaisar flew to Kabul about a month ago, but his plane was not allowed to land in Kabul for security reasons.
Rahmani is leaving for Pakistan while that country has formally invited Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar to visit that country.
- Yarzada
