President Ghani Arrived In Paris, Meeting Nawaz Sharif On The Sideline Of Climate Change Summit
KABUL: (Middle East Press) President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani leading a high-level government delegation arrived in Paris on Sunday night to attend the Conference of Parties (COP21), climate change summit scheduled to start Monday.
A statement released by Presidential palace states, Ghani will give a speech at the International Conference on Climate Change of the United Nations.
Ghani will also hold meetings on the sidelines of the conference with a number of world leaders including the presidents of France, Italy and Germany, according to the statement.
President Ghani is accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabani, Minister of Finance Eklil Ahmad Hakimi and Nasrin Oryakhil who is Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs & Disabled.
It is expected that 40,000 people including leaders of 150 countries will attend the conference and it is hoped the leaders will reach an agreement in the upcoming 11 days over climate change.
Meanwhile, President Ghani is expected to meet with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sideline of the conference in Paris in what is believed to be the first step towards mending bilateral relations.
This comes as Abdullah Abdullah Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who was talking at the Council of Ministers on Monday said that political leaders who recently visited Kabul from Quetta and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province requested a meeting between President Ghani and PM Nawaz Sharif at the sideline of the climate change summit.
He said the request was accepted.
The stalled talks between the two countries would revive and would gradually move on aimed efforts by the U.S, Pakistan and China.
Officials on both sides of the border are hopeful the Heart of Asia conference could rekindle peace negotiations in the weeks that follow, taking advantage of the winter lull in fighting in Afghanistan.
