Afghan president leaves for China to attend Olympic Games opening ceremony
7/8/2008 17:20
Afghan President Hamid Karzai left Kabul for China's capital Beijing today
to attend the inaugural ceremony of Olympic Games on Aug. 8, a statement of
Afghan Presidential Palace released in Kabul said.
"At the invitation of
Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Afghan president left for Beijing today to
attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games," the statement
said.
President Karzai would hold talks with the Chinese president tomorrow
and exchange views on Kabul-Beijing relations, China's support to Afghanistan,
war on terror and construction of road between Afghanistan and China, it
added.
More than 80 heads of states and governments have been invited to the
inauguration ceremony of 2008 Olympic Games, which will open in Beijing
tomorrow
, according to the statement.
Xinhua
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