TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ India`s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani discussed on Wednesday ways to boost strategic partnership between the two nations.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet, “Boosting strategic partnership with a special friend, EAM @SushmaSwaraj calls on Afghanistan President @ashrafghani.” Swaraj visited Ghani at his hotel for the meeting.
The meeting follows a visit to Delhi by Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani earlier this month. At that meeting, both countries had agreed to promote a new development partnership and undertake 116 projects in Afghanistan.
Rabbani, according to media reports, asked India to expedite the construciton of the Chhabahar port it is building in Iran to provide landlocked Afghanistan an outlet to the world using the Indian-built Delaram-Zaranj highway to the Iran border.
He also asked India to expand the air corridor established earlier this year between the two countries. Rabbani`s visit came after US President Donald Trump asked India “to help us more with Afghanistan”.
