Afghan-US partnership may be inked next month
Updated: 2011-11-28 16:25
(Xinhua)
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KABUL,Afghan- The proposed Afghan-US strategic partnership, will not be inked before the international conference on Afghanistan, planned to held in Bonn, Germany in December this year, a local newspaper reported Monday.
"Afghan-US strategic agreement will not be signed before the Bonn conference and no exact dates have been fixed for the agreement to be signed," Daily Outlook quoted Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Musazai as saying.
However, the spokesman, according to the newspaper, has confirmed that, "Talks between Afghanistan and the United States on the recommendations of the traditional Loya Jirga with regard to inking the strategic agreement were continuing."
The four-day traditional Loya Jirga or grand assembly of tribal elders, notables, lawmakers and government functionaries, concluded on November 19 described the proposed strategic partnership with Washington very necessary for maintaining peace and economic development in Afghanistan and recommended the government to sign it.
An Afghan delegation would soon leave for Germany to firm up the agenda for the Bonn conference scheduled for December 5 this year, the Daily Outlook further said.
President Hamid Karzai, according to the foreign ministry spokesman, would lead the Afghan delegation at the conference attended by delegates from more than 90 countries.
Afghanistan's achievements over the past 10 years -- security transition from NATO-led troops to Afghan side, peace talks with Taliban and long-term support of international community to Afghanistan -- would top the agenda of the Bonn conference.