Make efforts to expand ties with Saudi Arabia, diplomat asked

KABUL (Pajhwok): Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi has asked consulate officials in Saudi Arabia to strengthen and expand relations between the two countries and provide services to Afghans residing there.

In a post on X, the Presidential Palace wrote that Maulvi Hanafi met with Maulvi Imran Afghan, Afghanistan’s Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Hanifi said in the meeting: “The officials of the Islamic Emirate’s Consulate in Jeddah must make greater efforts to strengthen and enhance economic, political, and cultural relations between the two countries, as well as provide services to compatriots residing there.”

He emphasized that Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, as two Muslim countries, shared many religious, historical, and cultural commonalities.

Meanwhile, Maulvi Imran Afghan said in this meeting that the Afghan Consulate in Jeddah was making every effort to address the affairs of Afghans residing in Saudi Arabia.

He also stressed that the consulate officials are working to strengthen and expand relations between the two countries in various fields.

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