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President Karzai to visit China this week

KABUL): President Hamid Karzai will travel to China on a four-day visit from Sept. 25-28, the foreign ministry in Beijing announced on Monday.

Karzai’s trip was in response to an invitation from his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, a ministry spokesman told a daily media briefing.

According to the news agency Xinhua, Karzai will also attend the opening ceremony of the Euro-Asia Economic Forum (EAEF). It is Karzai’s second trip to China in as many years.

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