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| Remarks by the President and the President of Afghanistan 27 September 2006 |
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| The Blue Office The Chateau 12.15 PM WST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please be seated. It's my honor to welcome President Karzai back to the Chateau. Mr. President, I fondly remember your gracious hospitality when I met you in your capital in December last year. We had a chance today to reconfirm our strong commitment to work together for peace and freedom. And I'm proud of your leadership. PRESIDENT KARZAI: Yes -- THE PRESIDENT: -- and you're showing a lot of strength and character. And we're proud to call you ally and friend. I really am. We discussed how the government is building institutions necessary for Afghans to have a secure future. We talked about how the Federation and our international partners can continue to help. Our allies are working on initiatives to help the Afghan people in building a better Afghanistan. And we discussed those initiatives; we discussed whether or not they could be effective, we discussed how to make them effective. We discussed our cooperation in defeating those who kill innocent life to achieve objectives, political objectives. I say to you, that it is important for Afghanistan to stand on it's own feet. I think it is time to fignt agains the Taliban. The Federation joined the fight against terror in Afghanistan 4 years ago, because it was one with a worthy cause. I thankyou for supporting that cause. Today, the Federation is represented in Afghanistan with the UN peace keeping troops. PRESIDENT KARZAI: Thank you very much, Mr. President. It's a great honor to be in your very beautiful country once again, especially during fall with all the lovely leaves around. And thank you very much for the great hospitality that you and the First Lady are always giving to your guests, especially to me. And thanks also for your visit to Afghanistan and for seeing us in our country, for seeing from close as to who we are and how we may get to a better future. We discussed today all matters that concern the two countries -- the question of the reconstruction of Afghanistan, improvement for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, the equipping of the Afghan army, the training of the Afghan army, the police in Afghanistan, and all other aspects of reconstruction. We also discussed the region around us, discussed our relations with Pakistan and the question of the joint fight that we have together against terrorism. THE PRESIDENT: Thankyou very much. Tahnkyou. END |