Ambassador Karl Eikenberry joined U.N. Special Envoy Kai Aide at a UN-hosted procurement conference at the Serena Hotel in Kabul on June 10
Ambassador Karl Eikenberry joined U.N. Special Envoy Kai Aide at a UN-hosted procurement conference at the Serena Hotel in Kabul on June 10.
At the conference, Kai Eide urged foreign governments and aid agencies in Afghanistan to help boost the country's expanding private sector by buying local produce and stop spending their aid budgets on imports.
Ambassador Eikenberry emphasized the U.S. Embassy’s commitment to to using Afghan products, saying he will encourage the U.S. military and other international institutions to buy and use Afghan products to strengthen the Afghan economy.