Afghan President Hamid Karzai left Kabul Tuesday on a five-day European trip to sign long-term strategic partnership agreements aimed at bolstering support for Afghanistan's reconstruction and development. Karzai will first head to Turkmenistan for talks with his counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov to discuss "mutual interests and greater bilateral co-operation", the Afghan presidency said in a statement.
Then, in Italy to meet Prime Minister Mario Monti, Karzai is due to sign a long-term partnership agreement aimed at enhancing the areas of Italian assistance and co-operation with Afghanistan. On Friday in Paris and then London, Karzai will sign strategic partnership treaties with France and Britain, and meet President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister David Cameron.
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