Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad received Sunday a letter from Afghan's interim government leader Hamed Karzai regarding the situation in his country.
The letter was delivered by the Afghan foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah during his meeting with al-Assad at the presence of Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Sharaa, KUNA reported.
According to a presidential spokesman, the letter dealt with Afghan-Syrian ties and the enhancement of cooperation between the two countries and other neighboring and Islamic nations.
For his part, Abdullah who had met earlier with al-Sharaa, expressed hope that peace and stability would prevail in Afghanistan following years of turmoil.
This marks Abdullah's first visit to Syria as a member of the Afghan interim government. (Albawaba.com)
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