Business
Several MoU signed in Ghani’s trip to Kazakhstan
President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani with his counterpart President NursultanNazarbayev have insisted on expanding of military, political and economy ties while visiting each other.
The major agenda discussion was on improving of culture relationships, combating Natural disasters, expanding of mutual business, and at the end both presidents have signed several memorandums of understandings to strengthen its ties.
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has during a press conference insisted on mutual business ties.
Nazarbayev said,” Kazakhstan is ready to provide some education scholarships for Afghan students,and also to provide more cooperation for Afghan Government combating terrorism, counter Narcotic and ensuring security,this will provide suitable political environment for both countries, Terrorism doesn’t have goods and bads, it doesn’t even recognize the culture let’s get together and fight against it.”
President Nazarbayev has also mentioned that Kazakhstan has always supported Afghanistan in International summits, we are aware what goes in Afghanistan, and we do review the Afghanistan’s incidents.”
Meanwhile Minister of culture and information Abdul Bari Jahani said,” we do appreciate the Kazakhstan’s cooperation for giving education scholarships to Afghan students,Afghan Government is also ready to provide culture cooperation.”
Minister of Government in reviewing the Natural disaster Wais Barmak said,” the following memorandum of understanding which has been signed will improve our capacity to respond immediately to the disaster.”
The signing of memorandum of understandings comes after that recently the mutual ties in between Kabul- Islamabad has gone in to darkness.
Reported by Abdul Aziz Karimi
Business
Commerce ministry inks 10 MoUs to boost development of small and medium-sized businesses
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said Thursday it has signed cooperation agreements with ten institutions to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, said: “In the implementation of projects, we must pay special attention to our activities and actions and try to make useful use of the projects according to the requirements and benefit the beneficiaries.”
These ten institutions are to present their projects, the total value of which is around over $1.1 million. The projects will be carried out in Kabul, Baghlan, Ghor, Herat, Logar, Nangarhar, Balkh, Badakhshan and Jawzjan provinces and provide direct jobs for about 1,000.
To date, the ministry has signed MoUs for 72 projects in total, collectively valued at about $53.6 million.
These agreements have been signed with domestic and foreign companies for the establishment of small and medium-sized businesses.
In accordance with the principles and laws of the Islamic Emirate and prioritizing the implementation of projects for immigrants and returnees and internally displaced people, the ministry said 635,865 people will benefit through jobs directly and over 4.3 million will benefit indirectly in 25 provinces once these projects are implemented.
Business
Export volume totals over $140 million in last month of 1402
The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) confirmed Tuesday that in the last month of solar year 1402, (March 2024) Afghanistan’s exports totaled $141.1 million and imports totaled $789.6 million.
This was down from $174 million for exports in the same period in 1401. However, imports increased by $99.2 million in 1402, up from $690.4 million.
Most exports in the last month of 1402 went to Pakistan, India and the United Arab Emirates, while in the last month of 1401 exports went to Pakistan, India and China.
Business
Afghanistan-Kazakhstan chamber of commerce opens in Herat
The Ministry of Interior said the governor of Herat province Islam Jar met with Alim Khan Yasin Gildaye, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan, to discuss various issues around trade.
According to the ministry, the two sides discussed the expansion of trade facilities, increasing the volume of trade exchanges between traders of the two countries, reducing customs tariffs, solving the challenges of traders and issuing visas to them.
The Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Herat in order to facilitate and increase trade between the two countries.
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