Ambassador Ghafoorzai Met with Executive Chair & Executive Director of Oslo Center for Start of Joint Collaboration
On Wednesday the 10
th of March, the Embassy held a first virtual meeting with the Oslo Center, a Norwegian peace, democracy and human rights institution, to exchange information on the Afghan peace process and to identify possible areas of collaboration. The virtual meeting was attended by the Executive Chair of the Center and former Norwegian Prime Minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik, Ambassador Ghafoorzai, Executive Director of the Center, Finn Jarle Rode and Senior Advisor Bjarte Tørå.
The Oslo Center was founded in 2006 by former PM Kjell Bondevik and former Cabinet Minister Einar Steensnæs as an “independent, non-partisan, non-governmental organisation.” The organisation is focused on United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16: “peace, justice and strong institutions,” particularly on the functioning, strength and stability of institutions.