President Karzai Meets US National Security Advisor

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President Karzai Meets US National Security Advisor

President Hamid Karzai met today in the palace with President Obama’s National Security Advisor, Gen. James Jones to discuss effective ways on the implementation of America’s new strategy for Afghanistan.
The meeting also focused on other issues of mutual interest including bilateral relations, strategic partnership, situation in Afghanistan and the region, counterterrorism, and the United States continued assistance to the reconstruction process in Afghanistan.
The President stated Afghanistan is ready to cooperate in harmony with the US in beginning to implement the new strategy.
Gen. Jones said his country welcomes and appreciate Afghanistan’s cooperation for a coordinated implementation of the strategy.

President Obama’s Security Advisor will be meeting local authorities, American diplomats in Kabul, military officers before he flies to Pakistan for meetings with Pakistani officials.