Who is Mahmoud Saikal?

Mahmoud Saikal is Ambassador of Afghanistan to the Republic of Indonesia.

Mahmoud Saikal is an architect and diplomat.
A graduate of both the University of Canberra and Sydney University, he served as a Project Architect and Senior Architect with Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan , Cox Architects & Planners , and Bligh Voller Nield Pty Ltd.
In the sphere of diplomacy, he served in 1993-1994 as First Secretary and then Minister at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Tokyo; from 1994-2002 as Honorary Consul for Afghanistan in Australia, and from 2002-2005 as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to Australia and New Zealand.

He went on to serve in 2005-2006 as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (International Cooperation and Development) of Afghanistan, and as President of the Commission for the Coordination of the Implementation of the Old Kabul City Plans. His current research interests lie in the enhancement in economic cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbours. (www.rainbowdiplomacy.com/apcd.anu.edu.au/www.smh.com.au)