Afghanistan FRIENDSHIP; DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR REPRESENTATION Provisional agreement signed at Paris March 26, 1936 49 Stat. 3873; Executive Agreement Series 88 THE UNDERSIGNED, Mr. Jesse Isidor Straus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at Paris, and Ali Mohamed Khan, Minister of the Kingdom of Afghanistan at London, desiring to confirm and make a record of the understanding which they have reached in the course of recent conversations in the names of their respective Governments in regard to Friendship, and Diplomatic and Consular Representation, have signed this Provisional Agreement. ARTICLE I There shall be a firm and enduring peace and sincere friendship between the United States of America and its citizens, and His Majesty the King of Afghanistan, his successors and subjects, throughout all their territories and possessions. ARTICLE II The diplomatic representatives of each country shall enjoy in the territories of the other the privileges and immunities derived from generally recognized international law. The consular representatives of each country, duly provided with exequatur, will be permitted to reside in the territories of the other; they shall enjoy the honorary privileges and the immunities accorded to such officers by general international usage; and they shall not be treated in a manner less favorable than similar officers of any other foreign country. |