Curtain Raiser-Afghan National Security Adviser to Visit Pakistan

Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser, is scheduled to visit Islamabad on 26 June 2014. He will be accompanied by senior officials of Afghan Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, National Directorate of Security (NDS) and National Security Council. Dr. Spanta will call on the Prime Minister.

He will also hold delegation-level talks with Mr. Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, which will be attended by senior security officials from both sides.

The discussions will focus on ensuring deeper bilateral security cooperation. In this regard, the two sides will discuss ways of strengthening regular contact between the security authorities of the two countries.

Pakistan is committed to building a close, cooperative relationship with Afghanistan, based on mutual understanding and trust. The visit would help advance Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s vision of peace and development in the region.

Islamabad
25 June 2014

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