President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani late on Tuesday, accepted credential of Sri Lankan new ambassador, Gagan Blatsinghala, his office said.
During a ceremony, the president said his country wanted to tighten trade relations via an air-corridor with Sri Lanka like the one with India, said a statement from the Afghanistan presidential office the other day.
The president said Sri Lanka has good entities to train nurses and enjoys high experiences in the field of agriculture and his country was interested to use the experiences, the statement quoted. The new Sri Lankan ambassador expressed pleasure over his new mission in Afghanistan and pledged to try his best to help relations between the two countries get further improved, the statement said.
-Bakhtar News
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