Arrangement

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, in cooperation with the Embassy of Afghanistan, has the great pleasure of inviting you to

Please notify your participation no later than 25 February.

Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta
has been Minister of Foreign Affairs in Afghanistan since 2 May, 2006. In the mid-1970s, Dr. Spanta took a Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations in Turkey. In the wake of the Soviet invasion of his native Afghanistan, he settled in Germany in 1982. Foreign Minister Spanta earned a Master’s degree in Political Science, Sociology and International Relations and a PhD from Aachen University in Political Science where he was a professor from 1992 to 2005. In January 2005, Dr. Spanta returned to teach at Kabul University and later became advisor on foreign affairs to President Hamid Karzai.

1200–1300

We would welcome your attendance.