KABUL (Ariana News): Afghanistan’s Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry Nooruddin Azizi and Uzbekistan officials have agreed to establish a joint chamber of commerce between the two countries.
Aziz, who is on a visit to Uzbekistan, met with the deputy prime minister Jamshid Khodjaev on Tuesday and other officials for talks on boosting relations and trade between the neighboring countries.
Also in the meeting were Uzbekistan’s minister of investment, industry and trade; the ministers of transport, mining and water resources, along with customs officials and others.
The expansion of trade and transit was discussed in this meeting; the balancing of trade between the two countries including a preferential trade agreement in favor of Afghanistan; finalizing investment and transit agreements; issues around the developing railway sector between the two countries and the Surkhan-Pul-Khumri power line.
