Afghan President arrives in Islamabad to hold talks with Pakistani leadership

Afghan President arrives in Islamabad to hold talks with Pakistani leadership

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has arrived in Islamabad on a two-day visit to Pakistan.

Adviser on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood and other officials received the Afghan President at Nur Khan airbase.

The visiting dignitary was also given a twenty one gun salute.

The Afghan President is accompanied by a high level delegation including Ministers, advisers, senior officials and businessmen.

During his stay, the Afghan President will hold delegation level talks with Prime Minister Imran Khan. The wide-ranging talks between the two sides would focus on strengthening bilateral cooperation in diverse areas  including political, trade, economic, security, peace and reconciliation, education as well as people-to-people exchanges.

Ashraf Ghani will also hold a meeting with President Dr Arif Alvi.

President Ghani will also travel to Lahore where he will participate in a business forum attended by business representatives from both the countries.

This is President Ghani’s third visit to Pakistan and follows the recently held first review session of the landmark Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity.