Minister of Trade and Industry in talks with Turkish envoy

Nooruddin Azizi, the Minister of Trade and Industry met with Cihad Erginay, the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Afghanistan, and his accompanying delegation, and discussed the expansion of trade relations between the two countries.

According to a statement issued by the ministry, the two sides discussed the appointment of a new trade envoy of the Republic of Turkey in Kabul, increasing bilateral trade, solving problems and solving trade challenges between the two countries, as well as issuing visas to Afghan businessmen.

“They discussed the transit through the Republic of Turkey to the European Union countries, increasing the diversity of Afghanistan’s export items and standardizing packaging of Afghanistan’s export items [in line] with international standards,” the statement read.

Also, in this meeting, Azizi spoke about the valuable export assets of Afghanistan.

The Turkish ambassador spoke about the investments of Turkish companies in Afghanistan, and called for a meeting of investors and officials of Turkish companies with the leadership of the IEA’s ministry of trade and industry, the statement added.

Azizi assessed the expansion of business relations with the Republic of Turkey as good and added that “the officials of this ministry are ready to cooperate with investors in all aspects and consider this as one of their basic responsibilities.”