H. E. Ambassador Davidson, who is very enthusiastic to resume his position in Kabul very soon, was conveying a message of support from the Canadian Government to Afghanistan and mentioned that it would be a very important assignment for him after serving in Syria as Canadian Ambassador.

Ambassador Davidson served in Canadian Navy until 1991. Further to that, he was posted to the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan as a military attaché until 1995. He continued his Military career until he was promoted to rear admiral in 2000 and in 2002 became a Commander of the Order of Military Merit.

In 2004 he was appointed the Canadian military representative to the NATO Military Committee in NATO Headquarters in Brussels. He held this position until 2008. Ambassador Davidson served as Canada's Ambassador to Syria from 2008 until 2012. In August 2011, he was appointed as Canada's Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Agreement Between The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan And The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Concerning Bilateral Cooperation.

The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany (hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Parties),

Reaffirming the spirit of the longstanding friendly relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, based on mutual respect for national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and in agreement with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations,

Seismic investigations contract, the oilfield of Aqina and Andkhuy (for the purpose of determing the structures of oil wells of Aqina and Andkhuy) today it has been signed by Mr Wahidullah Sharani the Minister of Mines and Mr. john the head of Terasize limited.

According to this contract seismic, method of clarifying and approving the structures of anticline for refinement of oil and gas. The total distance of Aqina and Ankhoy areas are 236 Km2 and its total expense is 6, 5 million $ from internal budget. After the approval, these projects will start and will be completed at maximum period of three months, and the result of these investigations will be announced.

The government will contribute $100 million a year for three years, Gillard, who attends a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit on Afghanistan in Chicago on May 20-21, said in a statement.

* The 3rd stage of the Transition shall cover all the provincial capitals throughout Afghanistan;
* Upon completion of the third phase, a total number of 260 administrative units that account for 75 % of the entire population will have been covered by the Transition Process across Afghanistan. The third phase of the process takes to 11 the number of provinces where security responsibilities will have been transferred in its entirety;

I would like to commend my brother, Foreign Minister Mohamed KamilAmr,
and the Government of Egypt for their effective leadership of NAM since 2009, particularly your colleagues in New York , and express our gratitude for the wonderful hospitality in the historic city of Sharm-El-Shaikh. We trust that under your chairmanship, our meeting will prove a success.

It was agreed that the final decision for the 3rd Tranche be made in the next meeting of the Security Council and the official launch of the process be announced.

The meeting, among other senior government officials, was also attended by NATO commander, NATO civilian representative and the US Ambassador to Afghanistan.

His Excellency, Barna Karimi, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada met with a group of Afghan Students representing all Afghan Students from Ottawa and Carleton Universities at the Embassy on May 8th, 2012.

Students awarded Ambassador Barna Karimi with a plaque of appreciation for the support and contribution towards various humanitarian projects and cultural events organized by them.

Ambassador Karimi briefed students about the current situation, progress and achievements that is happening in Afghanistan and encouraged them to continue their studies and work harder, because their country need them, and mentioned that we have long way to completely rebuild Afghanistan. He also explained the importance of the Canada-Afghanistan relationship for the best interest of both countries.

Students were assured by the Ambassador that this Embassy will support and provide assistance to them at all times.

KABUL –The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a meeting on better coordination and coherence of the United Nations activities in Afghanistan this afternoon.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Zalmai Rassoul, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jan Kubis, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and some cabinet ministers and other representatives of different government institutions.

President Karzai said, talks on the security pact would be even more difficult than the negotiations held on the strategic agreement and Afghanistan is going to agree to sign this pact with America only if national interests of Afghanistan are taken into account.

Following a successful three day visit to Canada, His Excellency Daoud Ali Najafi, concluded his trip and left Ottawa on May 3rd, 2012.

The significance of his trip was to discuss, approve and endorse Afghanistan Civil Aviation Roadmap in a special committee meeting with His Excellency Roberto Kobeh Conzalea, President of International Civil Aviation Organization, Secretary General of ICAO, representatives of the European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Minister Najafi also visited Ottawa and met with Canadian officials and spoke at a roundtable at Conference of Defence Association Institute, and talked about past 10 years achievements in Afghanistan, challenges and progress.

This document was approved and endorsed during a special meeting at the ICAO headquarter in Montreal, by His Excellency Dr. Daoud Ali Najafi, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation of Afghanistan, His Excellency Roberto Kobeh Conzalea, President of the Council of ICAO and its International Partners.

The main task of this section would be to regularly arrange meetings between the media institutions and H.E.Barna Karimi, Ambassador of Afghanistan in Canada, alert the Canadian and international news agencies of the new developments in Afghanistan, and coordinate messages and comments attributed between the media institutions and the embassy. 

Please contact this section for further details and questions, using the following information:

Mr. Khalid Khosraw
Media Relations Officer
Tel.: 613-563-4223 ext: 221
Email: k.khosraw@afghanembassy.ca

A group of Afghan community members from Ottawa visited the Embassy on Tuesday April 10 to meet the new Ambassador. They welcomed and praised the new Ambassador, His Excellency Barna Karimi, to this post and promised to be in touch with the Embassy at all time and to support this office as an official door to the Government and People of Afghanistan.

Ambassador Karimi welcomed their support and promised them that this Embassy will be there when any support needed, also this Embassy can help and faciliatete the Afghan community all over Canada.

Ambassador also mentioned that the door will be open to every single one of
them, at any time for any consulate services.

1- Ambassador Karimi's Interview with Embassy Magazine, by Carl Meyer, April 18, 2012: click here to read

2- Ambassador Barna Karimi interviewed by CBC Power and Politics, April 5: click to view

3- Ambassador Karimi's Interview with Postmedia News by Jeff Davis, April 3, 2012: click to read