EU envoys meet IEA’s foreign minister in Kandahar

Thomas Nicholson, the European Union’s special representative for Afghanistan, met on Thursday with the Islamic Emirate’s Foreign Minster Amir Khan Muttaqi.

On twitter, Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, deputy spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the two sides discussed political issues, fighting corruption and security issues.

In the meeting, Nicholson praised the Islamic Emirate for their efforts to ensure security and fight corruption and said that they will continue to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.

Raffaella Iodice, head of the EU delegation in Afghanistan, was also present at the meeting.

Muttaqi thanked the European Union for their aid and said that more efforts should be made to bring Afghanistan and the EU closer together.

He also requested the reopening of the embassies of European countries in Afghanistan.

Hayatullah Mubarak, the deputy governor of Kandahar, who was also in the meeting, asked the EU delegation to help the Islamic Emirate with the construction of a treatment center for mentally ill patients and in the field of education and construction of power stations.