2018.21.04 Attendance at H.E. Prime Minister's Cherry Blossom Party

Attendance at H.E. Prime Minister's Cherry Blossom Party.

April 21, 2016: His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Bashir Mohabbat had the great honor and pleasure of attending the annual Cherry Blossom Party hosted by the Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe at Shinjuku Garden.

With the Japanese tradition of cherry blossoms symbolizing the start of new beginnings paralleling the spring start of the Afghan New Year, the event was very symbolic as a start of another year of ever-increasingly friendly Afghan-Japanese relations.

The event brought together Their Excellencies the heads of the diplomatic missions in Japan, Members of the Diet, distinguished guests, and a number of other key dignitaries with whom H.E. Dr. Mohabbat had the pleasure of interacting with, such as his long time friend the Hon. Mr. Isao Iijima, Special Advisor to the Cabinet of H.E. the Prime Minister of Japan and Senior Fellow of Keidanren; and the Honorable Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka, President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

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