Afghan President Hamid Karzai received here today the visiting UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who conveyed the greetings of President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the Afghan President and peoples. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed stressed the need for concerted international efforts to spur development programmes in Afghanistan in the best interest of Afghan people. For his part, President Karzai valued the UAE's significant contribution to reconstruction projects in Afghanistan, according to a report of the UAE news agency "WAM". The UAE Foreign minister visited the UAE contingent in Afghanistan tasked to protect the UAE humanitarian aid to Afghan people. He also conveyed the regards of UAE leadership to them in recognition of their great role in serving and assisting the Afghan people in the reconstruction process. Sheikh Abdullah also conveyed the greetings of relatives and UAE people to them. Sheikh Abdullah took photos with officers and personnel of the UAE force there. He was accompanied by UAE Ambassador Ali Hamad Al Shamsi, special envoy of the UAE Foreign minister to Afghanistan and Pakistan and Yousif Subaa Al Ali, UAE Ambassador to Afghanistan.
