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Wide variety of Afghan products go on display at Kazakhstan expo
The expo runs from October 20 to 22, at the Atakent Exhibition Center in Almaty, and over 250 Afghan traders are taking part.
An expo of Afghan products opened officially in Almaty, in Kazakhstan on Sunday in the presence of Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, Nooruddin Azizi and Serik Zhumangarin, the deputy prime minister of the host country.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the expo, Azizi welcomed the initiative and said such events were effective in expanding trade and business relations between the two countries.
Zhumangarin said in turn that Astana is interested in maintaining commercial, economic, transportation, logistics and energy relations with Kabul.
The expo will be held over three days and Afghan products are being displayed in more than 70 booths.
On display are numerous products from Afghanistan including carpets, jewelry, construction materials, household and industrial chemicals, vegetables, fruit, and food products.
The expo runs from October 20 to 22, at the Atakent Exhibition Center in Almaty, and over 250 Afghan traders are taking part.
Kazakhstan has increased efforts recently to boost trade with Afghanistan and in June, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that his country had removed the Islamic Emirate from its list of militant organizations.
In late August, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry then accredited a chargé d’affaires of Afghanistan in order to expand trade, financial, and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries.