Ottawa- April 3, 2020

Ambassador Hassan Soroosh and Mr. David Hartman, Director General of the South Asia Bureau, Global Affairs Canada held a telemeeting on Friday, April 03, 2020. They discussed the ongoing COVID-19 response efforts in Canada and Afghanistan as well as the bilateral and multilateral cooperation in response to COVID-19.

Ms. Diane Harper, Executive Director of the South Asia Bureau and Mr. Sayed Mujtaba Ahmadi, Deputy Chief of Mission also attended the telemeeting.

The telemeeting was a follow-up to the teleconference on COVID-19 co-organized recently by the Global Affairs Canada and the Embassy of the Philippines in Ottawa to discuss Canada’s measures in response to COVID-19 as well as the relevant national and international efforts in the Asia-Pacific region.