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Brussels Conference Counted Golden Opportunity for Afghanistan: Mps
Scores of law makers in the lower house of the parliament and economy experts have called Brussels conference on Afghanistan a golden opportunity for retrieving Afghanistan’s stability and safety, demanding the National Unity Government to launch necessary and required measurements on spending the International community aids to end up the country to become self-sufficient.
Law maker Ramazan Bashardost said,” The $ 3,5 Billion of the International community which will be provided given post 2020, I sure that internal and International robber’s pockets will be full, and it will assure their power once again, there will no mini changes within the life of Afghans and even I m afraid that there will be negative changes brought.”
Economy experts have insisted on having a transparent plan for spending the International aids for prosperity of the country, saying there is no capacity within the Governmental body to consume the aids therefore the private sectors should be involved on using the aids.
Expert economy Taj Mohammad Talash said,” Government should use the golden opportunity to enable the country to become self-sufficient by allowing the private sectors on plotting the economy programs to take Afghanistan out of the economy crisis.”
Meanwhile officials in Chamber of Commerce and Industry despite of welcoming the International community aids, still insisting on fighting against corruption.
Deputy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Khan Jan Alkozai said,” The President of Afghanistan despite of other responsibilities, he should focus on growing the economy of the country, problems still exist but fight against corruption should be continued.”
In past 15 years Afghanistan leaders have received enormous amount of aids from the International community on building the country, but the Afghan officials have failed to meet the expectations of the International community where one of the major aims was to improve the life of Afghans.
Reported by Fawad Nassiri
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Acting commerce minister meets Russian deputy PM
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, met with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk to discuss trade and investment, it was announced on Friday.
Sergey Pavlov, General Director of Russian Railways, and Dmitry Zverev, Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia, were also present in the meeting, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said in a statement.
According to the statement, the two sides discussed increasing the volume of trade, preferential tariff for Afghan goods, Russian investment in mines and water dams in Afghanistan, and Afghanistan’s role in the International North–South Transport Corridor.
They also discussed about reducing the cost of transportation through the Russian railway, removing the export tax on basic materials, arranging the trip of the delegation to the ports of Astrakhan and Makhachkala, and holding a trade connectivity conference and an expo of Afghan products in Moscow.
Azizi met with the Russian deputy PM on the sidelines of the Kazan Forum – the 15th International Economic Forum of Russia and the Islamic World.
He also met with representatives of a number of Tatarstan and Russia companies and encouraged them to invest in Afghanistan.
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Azizi meets with head of Tatarstan on sidelines of Kazan Forum
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said Thursday acting minister Nooruddin Azizi met with the leader of Russia’s autonomous republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Nurgaliyevich Minnikhanov, on the sidelines of a meeting in Kazan.
According to the ministry, Azizi met with Minnikhanov on the sidelines of the Kazan Forum – the 15th International Economic Forum of Russia and the Islamic World.
The two officials discussed bilateral trade relations, the establishment of the Russian Trade House in Afghanistan, the visit of Minnikhanov to Kabul, investment in electricity production, water transfer, mining, cultural and economic cooperation and other matters.
This annual meeting is held by Russia and the 14th round of this meeting was also held in the same country last year.
The main goal of the forum is to strengthen trade and economic, scientific and technical, social and cultural ties between Russian regions and the countries of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as well as to promote the development of the Islamic financial system institutions in Russia.
Business
Afghanistan’s imports and exports totaled $10.3 billion last year
The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) said on Wednesday that last year, the value of exports totaled $1.79 billion while imports totaled $8.57 billion.
According to NSIA, fruits accounted for the largest share of export items last year, totaling over $645 million.
Medicinal plants, minerals and vegetables were the next top three items respectively to be exported.
Meanwhile, petroleum and oil accounted for the largest portion of imported goods, totaling over $1.37 billion.
Another large portion of the total amount imported went to machinery, vehicles and parts. This totaled over $1.15 billion, followed by textiles, metals and metal products.
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