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Middle Asia Good Alternative for Pakistani Commodities: Naab
Afghanistan Ambassador to Turkmenistan Mirwais Naab has declared that the middle Asian countries specially Turkmenistan is good alternative for importing foods and goods comparing to Pakistan, the statement was made amid that the Pakistan and Afghanistan mutual business ties has been deteriorated.
He insisted that ensuring security within the joint border is one of the priorities of both countries for exchanging goods and growing economy.
Pakistan has been exerting pressures on Afghan Government by blocking the business routes towards Afghan businessmen, in most cases Pakistani military forces have stopped Afghan businessmen convoys with no reason which has financially damaged the economy of the country and our traders.
Afghan Ambassador to Turkmenistan Mirwais Naab said,” We have been experiencing problems coming from Pakistan side, Pakistan was using blocking business routes as political pressures, but Turkmenistan is good alternative for Pakistani goods specially wheat, we need to decrease our demands purchasing wheat from Pakistan, currently we have demanded huge amount wheat from Turkmenistan Government.”
Further he insisted that ensuring security within the joint borders is the demands of both countries for growing business.
“ Afghanistan is facing serious threats which has the regional dimensions , the way of ensuring security for the neighboring countries is important, though we have discussed the security issues with Turkmenistan officials, we have been cooperating each other on security issues and have gained some achievements on improving of growing economy and business Afghanistan Ambassador to Turkmenistan Mirwais Naab said,”
If Afghanistan focuses on the middle Asian countries goods and foods with good quality and low prices Pakistan won’t be capable to use exerting pressures by blocking the business routes.
Reported by Rafi Sediqee
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, met with representatives from the ministries of foreign affairs, defense and interior of Malaysia, along with other senior officials, on Wednesday and called on Malaysians to invest in Afghanistan.
The visiting delegation is being led by senior diplomat Dr. Shazelina Zainul Abidin.
According to the IEA’s foreign ministry, the two sides discussed bilateral trade, holding a business communication conference to strengthen trade relations between the two countries, the trade balance between Afghanistan and Malaysia, and creating a market for Afghan products, including carpets, cotton, and minerals.
According to the ministry, at the end of the meeting, the Acting Minister emphasized the increase of investment from regional countries in Afghanistan and called on Malaysian investors to also invest in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Interior says that Afghanistan has started exporting goods to Turkey via the Herat-Khaf railway line.
In a post on X, the ministry said: “Afghanistan’s exports to Turkey started in a calm atmosphere through the Herat-Khaf railway line.”
The ministry added that one train will run daily for a month and then two trains will run daily.
According to the ministry, the security of Khaf-Herat railway line is provided by the guards of the National Public Protection Agency.
Khaf-Herat railway project not only connects Iran and Afghanistan by rail, but also completes a 2,000-kilometer route along the east-west rail corridor from China, through Uzbekistan, to Afghanistan, to Iran, and on to Turkey and Europe.
As a landlocked country, this railway network will provide a safe route to connect with Europe via Iran’s railway network and Iran’s southern ports.
This railway line is strategic for trade between Iran and Afghanistan and will allow six million tons of goods to be sent between the two countries.
A joint expo between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan will be held in Kabul in the next four days, officials said on Sunday.
Officials of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that the two-day expo will be held for the purpose of expanding and strengthening trade relations between the two countries.
“This expo will be held as a follow-up of the Kazakh-Afghan international expo, which was held in the city of Astana, Kazakhstan, with the participation of a large delegation of the government and the private sector of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” Abdulsalam Javad Akhundzadeh, the spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, said.
“At this expo, domestic products from different sectors of Afghanistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan will be put on display for two days.”
According to officials, 40 large Kazakh companies, and 40 large Afghan companies will exhibit their products.
Mohammad Saber Latifi, head of the Afghanistan International Expo Center, said that fruits, minerals and commercial services will be displayed at the expo.
During the expo, various memorandums of understanding for the trade of goods are also expected to be signed by companies.
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