Italy backs Afghan peace process

Rome, June 19 (IANS/AKI) Italy's Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi voiced support for Afghanistan's stabilization and its peace process during a meeting with the Afghan government's chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, the Foreign Ministry said.

Abdullah Abdullah was in Rome to attend a board meeting of the UN World Food Programme and for "bilateral meetings", the statement said.

Abdullah Abdullah has been government chief executive - a role with Prime Ministerial powers - since 2014 after he lost the Presidential race to Ashraf Ghani.

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