| May 30-31, 2005 |
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| H.E. Dr. A. Abdullah, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, visits Ottawa and Montreal |
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| 26 May, 2005 |
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| The Ambassador accompanied by Embassy Counsellor, Mr. Mehrabodin Masstan, and Senior Assistant, Mr. Tamim Amini, attend a bilateral working luncheon on Afghanistan at the Department of Foreign Affairs hosted by Mr. James Fox, Director general, South And Southeast Asia Division. |
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| 18 May, 2005 |
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| Amb. Samad attends a reception hosted by H.E. Dr. Mohammed R. Al-Hussaini, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in honour of H.E. Sheikh Salih Bin Hemaid, Chairman of the Shura Council of the Kingdom. |
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| 18 May, 2005 |
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| The Ambassador accompanied by Counsellor, Mr. Mehrabodin Masstan, attend a talk by H.E. Dr. Dimtrij Rupel, Foreign Minister of Slovenia and Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the role of the OSCE, hosted by Deputy Minister David Harder at the Foreign Affairs Auditorium |
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| 18 May, 2005 |
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| Amb. Samad and Minister Cousellor, Mr. Sharif Ghalib, attend a luncheon hosted by Health Partners International of Canada President, Mr. John Kelsall, in Ottawa to discuss the organizations medical aid plans for Afghanistan. |
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| 17 May, 2005 |
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| The Ambassador and Mrs. Samad attend the first screening of the documentary entitled “The Peacekeepers” at the War Museum. |
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| 13 May, 2005 |
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 Ambassador Samad speaks at the “Canada in Afghanistan: Assessing the 3D Approach” conference held in Waterloo, Ontario, sponsored by the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, The Centre for International Governance Innovation, the Academic Council on the United Nations System, the Centre on Federalism and Foreign Policy and the Waterloo University. He is joined on the panel by Dr. William Maley, Director, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University, addressing the topic “Afghanistan: the big picture” and answering to questions from the audience. Consul General to Toronto, Mr. Wahid Monawar and Consul Mr. Wais Wali also attended the conference (see Embassy press release section for the Ambassador’s remarks at the conference). |
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| 10 May , 2005 |
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| L’Ambassadeur d’Afghanistan assiste a une réception organise par Christian Embassy au Canada au cours de laquelle les dirigeants du KMC, une entreprise Canadienne qui œuvre dans les domaines de ressources naturelles, ont fait un long expose dans les domaines de leurs activités. Mehrabodin Masstan, Conseiller de l’Ambassade a aussi accompagne l’Ambassadeur. |
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| 7 May , 2005 |
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| The Afghan envoy attends the celebrations in Edmonton, Alberta, marking the centennial of the South Alberta Light Horse Regiment (SALHR) and the opening of the Provincial Museum’s “Hoof Prints to Tank Tracks” exhibition. As the reviewing officer, Amb. Samad is joined by Major General Andrew Leslie, former commander of ISAF and the Canadian contingent in Afghanistan, Brigadier General Stuart Beare, Commander, Land Force Western Area, Colonel (Hon) Stanley Milner, president of the SALHR Foundation, LCol. Thomas Putt, Commanding Officer SALHR, Dr. Bruce McGillivray, Director of the Provincial Museum of Alberta, and other provincial and parliamentary dignitaries at the ceremonies (see Embassy press release section for the Ambassador’s speech at the event). |
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| 6 May , 2005 |
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| Ambassador Samad joins several other envoys from Asian countries at a breakfast briefing hosted by Mrs. Marie Lucie Morin, Associate Deputy Minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs, to discuss current Canadian political, aid and foreign policy issues. |
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| 3 May , 2005 |
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| The Afghan envoy and Mrs. Samad attend the Daniel Pearl Dialogue for Muslim-Jewish Understanding in Hull, featuring Dr. Akbar Ahmed, former Pakistan diplomat and the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at the American University, and Judea Pearl, father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl. |
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| 3 May , 2005 |
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| The Ambassador and Mrs. Samad attend a ceremony hosted by the Ismaili Council for Ottawa commemorating this year’s Milad-ul Nabi celebration at the Canadian Museum of Nature, with guest speaker, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Imam of Masjid Al-Farah in New York. |
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