Business
Acting commerce minister heads to Kazakhstan
Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi on Tuesday left Kabul for Kazakh capital Astana.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce said in a statement that Azizi leads a delegation of government officials and private sector members in his trip to Astana.
It said that the purpose of the visit is to inaugurate a major joint expo between Kazakhstan and Afghanistan, attend meetings between private sectors of the two countries and hold official talks between the two countries in the areas of boosting trade, transit, industry and attracting investment.
Around 350 Afghan companies based in Afghanistan and abroad are expected to attend the events and they will put on display industrial, agricultural and mineral products in 70 booths for three days.
In addition, it is planned to hold meetings between the private sectors of the two countries in 16 different production and service sectors in order to ink business deals.