On 15 September 2013, H.E. Mr. Deng Xijun, new Ambassador of the People's Republic of China presented the Credentials to Mr. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and a cordial talk was followed between two sides.

Ambassador Deng conveyed the warm greetings and best wishes from H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China to H.E. President Karzai. He said that through the common concerns and efforts by the leaders of both states, the China-Afghanistan Strategic and Cooperative partnership maintained a good momentum of development with the close high-level contacts, more mutual trust in political field, and further expansion of association and cooperation of all circles in recent years. The Chinese side attached great importance to the bilateral ties, supported actively the peace and reconstruction process of Afghanistan, and continued pushing the bilateral friendship forward with the joint efforts of the Afghan side.

H.E. President Karzai welcomed H.E. Mr. Deng Xijun as the new Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan, and extended his warm greetings and cordial wishes to H.E. President Xi Jinping. H.E. President Karzai highly appraised the neighborly friendship and mutual-benefit cooperation between the two countries, and entitled China as the good friend, neighbor and partner of Afghanistan with the proof of mutual political respect, economic cooperation and close people-to-people association. The Afghan side paid much attention to develop the relations with China, and expected that China would engage more in the Afghan peaceful reconstruction process and contribute more to the regional peace and stability.

Ambassador Deng Xijun arrived in Kabul, capital of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on 7 September 2013, and presented the copy of Credentials to Mr. Hamid Sidiq, Director General of Protocol Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan on 8 September 2013.