HRVP Mogherini meets with Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Salahuddin Rabbani

On the 22 September 2016, in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly Ministerial Week in New York, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, met with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Salahuddin Rabbani. They discussed mainly the issues concerning the upcoming Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, which will be co-hosted by the European Union and Afghanistan.

ESO: Background information: Council conclusions on Afghanistan http://www.europeansources.info/record/council-conclusions-on-afghanistan-2/

EU: EEAS: Statement, 22.09.16: Statement by the spokesperson on the initialling of a peace agreement by the Government of Afghanistan and Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin http://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/10229/statement-by-the-spokesperson-on-the-initialling-of-a-peace-agreement-by-the-government-of-afghanistan-and-hezb-e-islami-gulbuddin_en

ESO: Background information: EU attends UN Summit on refugees and migrants and 71st United Nations General Assembly Ministerial week http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-attends-un-summit-on-refugees-and-migrants-and-71st-united-nations-general-assembly-ministerial-week/

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