KABUL, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Javier Solana, the European Union’s high representative for the common foreign and security policy, arrived in Afghan capital Kabul Monday for a short diplomatic visit to the post-Taliban country.

    It was Solana's third trip to Afghanistan which had been kept under wraps for security reasons.

    Solana was expected to hold talks with Afghan president Hamid Karzai, parliament members as well as officials with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

    According to the sources from Solana's office, one of aims of his visit is to prepare for the Paris Conference for donors to Afghanistan held on June.

    The EU high ranking official came to Afghanistan just days after the visits of three European ministers as French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier and Spanish Defense Minister Carme Chacon in April.

    More than 43,000 ISAF troops have been deployed in war-torn Afghanistan for keeping peace and the reconstruction.