Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said that due to the wars and conflicts in different parts of the world, global attention has moved away from Afghanistan.

Mirziyoyev stated this speaking at the informal summit of Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Azerbaijan’s Shusha city.

“Unfortunately, due to the intensification of wars and conflicts in other regions of the world, the situation in neighboring Afghanistan, where millions of representatives of the Turkic peoples live, has gone out of the attention of the international community,” Mirziyoyev said.

He called for the release of Afghanistan’s assets which remain frozen since the takeover of the country by the Islamic Emirate.

“We are convinced that the return of Afghanistan’s frozen financial assets abroad will serve to alleviate the social situation in the country,” Mirziyoyev said.

 In the new reality, the issues of developing common and unified approaches to Afghanistan by the organization’s member states should become the main agenda of the negotiations of our foreign ministers,” he added.

He suggested that developing common and unified approaches towards Afghanistan should be placed on the agenda of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Turkic States.

Mirziyoyev added that Uzbekistan will continue to provide the necessary assistance to the people of Afghanistan.

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Tajikistan has proposed taking practical measures for the construction of road and rail routes along the “China-Tajikistan-Afghanistan” corridor.

The call was made by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at a press conference following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tajikistan, Trend news agency reported.

“The construction and reconstruction of the “Kalai-Khumb – Vanch – Rushon district border” road will contribute to the improvement of the “China-Tajikistan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Türkiye” transit corridor. In this regard, we suggested considering the possibility of constructing and modernizing the “Dushanbe-Kulma” highway section from the Rushon district to the “Kulma-Karasu” border crossing. We also propose taking practical measures for the construction of road and rail routes along the “China-Tajikistan-Afghanistan” corridor to expand connections and regional trade,” Rahmon said.

During the meeting, the sides expressed satisfaction with the continued cooperation within the framework of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative.

Notably, after Xi Jinping’s visit to Tajikistan, the two countries sealed the deal with 29 important documents, ironing out their relations in different areas.

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The supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has removed Shahabuddn Delawar from the post of acting minister of mines and petroleum and replaced him with acting governor of Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) Hedayatullah Badri.

The appointment was announced Saturday on X by IEA’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

Delawar has been moved to the post of acting head of Afghan Red Crescent Society, replacing Matiulhaq Khalis who will now act as the head of National Environmental Protection Agency.

DAB’s Deputy Governor Noor Ahmad Agha has been promoted to the top post in the bank.

The newly announced appointments included also Nooruddin Turabi, former deputy chief of Afghan Red Crescent Society, as the new acting head of National Disaster Management Authority.

Former deputy minister of industry and commerce, Qudratullah Jamal, has been appointed as the new deputy minister of information and culture for financial and administrative affairs.

Ahmadullah Zahid, former acting director of counter corruption of intelligence agency, has been appointed as the new deputy minister of commerce and industry.

Aziz-ur-Rahman, former acting head of National Environmental Protection Agency, has been appointed as deputy head of Afghan Red Crescent Society.

Saduddin Saeed, former deputy minister of information and culture for financial and administrative affairs, has been appointed as deputy head of National Environmental Protection Agency for financial and administrative affairs.