2018. 05 - 0.6. 08 H.E. Ambassador Dr. Mohabbat attends 73rd A-Bomb Anniversary in Hiroshima.

H.E. Ambassador Dr. Mohabbat attends 73rd A-Bomb Anniversary in Hiroshima.

August 05 & 06, 2018: His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Bashir Mohabbat had the great honor to attend the 73rd A-Bomb Anniversary in Hiroshima, Japan.

The evening before the anniversary ceremony, His Excellency attended the dinner hosted by the city of Hiroshima where he had the great honor and pleasure to meet Honorable Mayor of Hiroshima Mr. Kazumi Matsui. Dr. Mohabbat thanked for his invitation to the event and expressed his most profound and sincerest condolences and sorrow to the Honorable Mayor for the passing of the many people during the recent heavy rains which have caused floods and landslides in Hiroshima. In return, Hiroshima’s Mayor expressed his deepest gratitude to Dr. Mohabbat for his kindhearted words and thanked him for attending.

Dr. Mohabbat also had the great honor and pleasure to meet and converse with Japan’s Honorable Speaker of the House of Representative Mr. Tadamori Oshima to whom he expressed, on the behalf of the people and the Government of Afghanistan, gratitude for the steadfast support and Japan's essential role in further developing Afghanistan.

Also, during the ceremony, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Mohabbat had the chance to express his remorse for the attack during a minute of silence to remember the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack. Dr. Mohabbat also had the great honor and pleasure to talk to Honorable Mr. Natsuo Yamaguchi, President of the Komeito and other Japanese government officials.

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2018. 05 - 0.6. 08 H.E. Ambassador Dr. Mohabbat attends 73rd A-Bomb Anniversary in Hiroshima.

H.E. Ambassador Dr. Mohabbat attends 73rd A-Bomb Anniversary in Hiroshima.

August 05 & 06, 2018: His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Bashir Mohabbat had the great honor to attend the 73rd A-Bomb Anniversary in Hiroshima, Japan.

The evening before the anniversary ceremony, His Excellency attended the dinner hosted by the city of Hiroshima where he had the great honor and pleasure to meet Honorable Mayor of Hiroshima Mr. Kazumi Matsui. Dr. Mohabbat thanked for his invitation to the event and expressed his most profound and sincerest condolences and sorrow to the Honorable Mayor for the passing of the many people during the recent heavy rains which have caused floods and landslides in Hiroshima. In return, Hiroshima’s Mayor expressed his deepest gratitude to Dr. Mohabbat for his kindhearted words and thanked him for attending.

Dr. Mohabbat also had the great honor and pleasure to meet and converse with Japan’s Honorable Speaker of the House of Representative Mr. Tadamori Oshima to whom he expressed, on the behalf of the people and the Government of Afghanistan, gratitude for the steadfast support and Japan's essential role in further developing Afghanistan.

Also, during the ceremony, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Mohabbat had the chance to express his remorse for the attack during a minute of silence to remember the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack. Dr. Mohabbat also had the great honor and pleasure to talk to Honorable Mr. Natsuo Yamaguchi, President of the Komeito and other Japanese government officials.

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2017.26.04 Attendance at 70th Anniversary of the Constitution of Japan Musical Event.

Attendance at 70th Anniversary of the Constitution of Japan Musical Event.

April 26, 2017: It was a pleasure for Dr. Bashir Mohabbat, Chargé d’ Affaires ad interim, and Madam Mohabbat to attend the Musical Event on the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Constitution of Japan hosted by the H.E. Mr. Tadamori Oshima, Speaker of the House of Representatives, at his official residence in Nagatacho.

The concert series showcased different eras in Japanese history since the 1947 adoption of Japan’s “Peace Constitution” with songs pertinent to each period of time; the late 1940s to the early 1960s, late 1960s to the early 1970s, late 1970s to the late 1980s, and 1989 to present. Artists included were all those popular from different countries during those time frames such as Mitsue Nara, Hachiro Sato, Ben E. King, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Hibari Misora, Shinji Tanimura, Celine Dion, and SMAP to name a few.

Dr. Mohabbat met with H.E Mr. Oshima and thanked him for hosting such a lovely event. He additionally thanked H.E. Mr. Oshima for the continuous support and generosity of the people and Government of Japan to Afghanistan over the past years. In return, he thanked Dr. Mohabbat for his and Madam’s attendance and assured him that Japan would continue to support and stand by Afghanistan though its further development. He also met and spoke with H.E. Mr. Tatsuo Kawabata, Vice Speaker of the House with whom he discussed many topics of mutual interest.

Among the over 200 guests including several of Their Excellencies the Ambassadors, high ranking members of Parliament, diplomats, heads of mission, and members of several international organizations, Dr. Mohabbat met and spoke with many with whom he exchanged greetings.

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