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Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic visits Afghanistan, meets Ashraf Ghani

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Aug 27, 2018, at 09:38 am

Kabul, Aug 27 (IBNS): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani met his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic as she visited the South Asian nation on Sunday.

The two leaders discussed wide-ranging issues which included bilateral cooperation and trade opportunities.

A tweet read on the Office of the President of Afghanistan page: "Pres@AshrafGhani received Croatian President Kolinda KitaroviÄ‡ this morning at Gulkhana Palace. Both sides discussed bilateral cooperation, trade opportunities, Afghan led & owned peace process, ceasefire, Counter-terrorism and upcoming elections."

Pres@AshrafGhani received Croatian President Kolinda KitaroviÄ‡ this morning at Gulkhana Palace. Both sides discussed bilateral cooperation, trade opportunities, Afghan led & owned peace process, ceasefire, Counter-terrorism and upcoming elections. pic.twitter.com/x6lDB7Mm6U
— Ø§Ø±Ú¯ (@ARG_AFG) August 26, 2018

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic also met Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, here.

I met HE Kolinda Grabar-KitaroviÄ‡ @KolindaGK, President of Croatia. We discussed bilateral relations, security & political developments & ways of mutual cooperation & fighting terrorism. I thanked the President & the people of Croatia for their relentless support for Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/IKC9cgXPpl
— Dr. Abdullah (@afgexecutive) August 26, 2018

Abdullah tweeted: "I met HE Kolinda Grabar-KitaroviÄ‡ @KolindaGK, President of Croatia. We discussed bilateral relations, security & political developments & ways of mutual cooperation & fighting terrorism. I thanked the President & the people of Croatia for their relentless support for Afghanistan."

Image: Afghanistan President official Twitter page

#Croatia #Afghanistan #Kabul #AshrafGhani #KolindaGrabarKitarovic

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