Karzai flies to Russia to attend winter Olympics opening ceremony

President Hamid Karzai at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, left for Sochi city of Russia to attend opening ceremony of winter Olympics. A statement issued by the president’s media office here on Friday said that despite attending the ceremony, President Karzai will also meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and UN Secretary General Bam Ki-moon. Foreign Affairs Minister Zarar Ahmad Osmani and National Security Advisor Rangeen Dadfar Spanta were accompanying President Karzai on the trip. It is worth mentioning that recently Russian Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov during his visit to Kabul convoyed Putin’s invitation to President Karzai to attending opening ceremony of winter Olympics.