WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush announced Monday that he had signed a strategic partnership with Afganistan's President Hamid Karzai for stepped up political, economic and security ties.
"I have signed a strategic partnership with the president, it's a partnership we have been working on for quite a while," Bush told reporters with Karzai by his side after their meeting at the White House.
"It's partnership that establishes regular high level exchange on political, security and economic issues of mutual interest," Bush said.
05/23/2005 15:19 GMT