China aids two phases of U.S.-China joint training program for Afghan diplomats (Linked to Project ID#34645, #34721)

In 2018, the two phases of a joint U.S.-China training program for Afghan diplomats was to be held. The first phase of the joint U.S.-China training program would be funded by the United States and be implemented as a two-week training program for up to 15 junior Afghan diplomats. The second phase would be funded by China. On October 2, 2017, the completion ceremony of the Sino-U.S. Cooperation Training Afghan Diplomat Program was held at the U.S. State Department. On September 19, 2018, more than 10 Afghan agricultural and veterinary professionals who participated in the Sino-U.S. cooperative training program visited the Chinese Embassy in the United States. On December 10, 2018, the graduation ceremony for the Sino-U.S. training program for Afghan diplomats was held at the U.S. State Department. Counselor Zhang Yan attended and delivered a speech on behalf of the Chinese Embassy. The Assistant Secretary of the Department of South and Central Asia of the U.S. State Department, Chargé d'affaires of the Afghan Embassy in the United States, and Afghan officials who participated in the training attended the closing ceremony. On December 3, 2019, 15 Afghan diplomats who participated in the Sino-US cooperation training program visited the Chinese Embassy in the United States and held work exchanges. On September 9, 2020, the second Sino-U.S. joint training program for Afghan diplomats officially opened in Washington. Twelve young Afghan diplomats will receive a two-week training in the United States this time, including a series of lectures on diplomacy, public communication, and embassy affairs. After the U.S. training is over, the young diplomats will return to Afghanistan and go to China for the second phase of training within the year.

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