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KABUL nike air max 90 australia , Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis have arrived in Kabul, the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) forces confirmed Wednesday.


The RS forces said on Twitter that the two visiting officials would meet troops in the RS headquarters in Kabul and hold talks with Afghan leaders.


NATO and U.S. forces completed their combat mission in Afghanistan by the end of 2014 after 13 years of military presence in the country.


However, more than 14,000 foreign forces are currently in Afghanistan for the RS mission to help Afghan forces with training efforts, advising and backing them in the war on insurgents.


The visit came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and it is expected over 3,000 additional U.S. forces will arrive in the country.


Mattis came here after wrapping up a two-day visit to neighboring India.


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MEXICO CITY, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The finance ministers of Mexico and Canada on Thursday shared their joint optimism about the upcoming third round of NAFTA renegotiation talks, set for Sept. 23-27 in Ottawa.


"Certainly, our wish is for the meetings which will take place in Canada to constitute an important step in showing the people of our three countries that we can work together," said Canadian Finance Minister nike air max 97 womens australia , Bill Morneau, at a press conference in Mexico City.


According to Morneau, the first two rounds, in Washington and Mexico City, were "very constructive" and that NAFTA has opportunities to improve.


Morneau was accompanied by Mexico's finance minister, Jose Antonio Meade nike air max 97 australia , who shared his counterpart's optimism and called NAFTA one of the most successful commercial deals in the world.


"We are optimistic that there are spaces to make the NAFTA renegotiation a space which improves the chance of creating prosperity in the three countries," added Meade.


He said that the first two rounds had seen good will between the negotiators of Canada, Mexico and the U.S., leading him to be confident in a good result being achieved.


Canada represents Mexico's second largest global market, with exports ranging above 10 billion U.S. dollars a year.


The three nations are updating NAFTA, in place since 1994 nike air vapormax womens australia , at the request of the government of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has long said the free-trade deal was hurting American businesses.


All the negotiating teams have estimated that the renegotiation could be finished in late 2017 or early 2018, after seven rounds of talks.


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ZAGREB, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Pragmatic Croatian-Chinese cooperation has been considerably strengthened nike air vapormax mens australia , Chinese Ambassador Hu Zhaoming said at a seminar at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) on Thursday.


The "New idea, new opportunity, new development" seminar was organized by the Chinese Embassy, HAZU and the Croatian Foreign Ministry on the occasion of 25 years of Croatian-Chinese diplomatic relations.


"Over the past 25 years, the mutual understanding of the two peoples has deepened greatly. Pragmatic cooperation between Croatia and China has gained in strength and last year our trade volume reached 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, which means that it grew over 30 times in the past 25 years nike air vapormax australia ," Hu said, adding that "our relations are at a new starting point, facing new historical opportunities".


Although the two countries have established a comprehensive cooperative partnership, the ambassador noted that bilateral cooperation lags behind China's cooperation with Croatia's neighbors.


"We must seize the opportunities we have... We must utilize the platforms which offer the best prospect for the development of bilateral relations," Hu said,


The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and the Three Seas Initiative nike air max 270 womens australia , promoted by Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, were "to a large extent compatible", according to the Chinese ambassador.


The Belt and Road Initiative, put forward in 2013, is aimed at building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road through concerted efforts of related countries to benefit all participants by promoting unimpeded trade, financial integration nike air max 270 mens australia , infrastructure connectivity and closer people-to-people exchanges.


Over the Belt and Road Initiative, "Croatia has a special place in it because it is positioned at the intersection of the maritime Silk Road and continental Silk Road," Hu said.


Speaking of the development of diplomatic relations with Croatia, Hu recalled that Zagreb and Beijing had supported each other on some key issues. The ambassador emphasized that China had supported Croatia's independence and its economic development.


"On the other hand, Croatia has supported our core national interests such as the one-China principle. China sees Croatia as a reliable partner in the European Union," he said.


The ambassador also announced for Sept. 29 a big c.