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Brussels Conference Kicks off for Afghanistan Stability
Brussels conference on Afghanistan was held in Belgium where 100 country representatives, International Organizations have pledged $ 3,5 billion their financial aids for Afghanistan up to 2020.
In the conference Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” combating corruption is our priority, corrupted figures will not have posts within the Afghan Government.”
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” Our firm believes that we can come over the past in our culture hospitality and friendship, You distinguished leaders of the International community have been our friends in the font of hope for the people, The International community offered our people a end to help lift us from the years of war fair poverty and quality, in a country that earns for its children to be educated, you have built schools, where life’s were filled with trauma, diseases and heartily deaths you have built clinics training our nurses and doctors.”
Mr. Ghani had entitled poverty as the huge challenge within his Government, appreciating the International community for their contribution on improving of the Afghan life
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” One of the regular challenge is poverty, as 39 percent of Afghans are earning lower one US dollar, this indicates that they eat two times in 24 hours, I really appreciate the International community contribution for Afghans, removing of poverty is one of our priorities.”
He went on and insisted that tackling corruption is the priority program, and efforts are underway against it.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” in London conference we had announced to establish Center of justice-Judicial combating corruption, I m not only pleased that was inaugurated but it began practical activities, one top officials in Ministry of Interior affairs who demanded $ 150 thousand dollar was arrested and executed publically.”
“ Our problem is corruption and who commits it, Terrorism doesn’t know borders, there is no difference between good and bad terrorists, the roots of problems in Afghanistan is coming from the regional countries, we are committed to unity, and negotiation, Afghans can do peace, we need to bring our troops together and move forward to fight against terrorism President Ghani in his statement on Brussels conference said,”
International community in Brussels conference have committed $ 3,5 billion for Afghanistan up to 2020 which will be spent on combating corruption, good Governance, equal growth, holding Election, improving of Women life and civil society.
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, headed to Russia to participate in an international economic meeting in Kazan, Tatarstan.
The aim of the Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum 2024, the 15th edition of the forum, is to offer a platform for leading international economic and financial specialists from the Islamic world to strengthen ties between the countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the regions of the Russian Federation in the economic, educational, social and cultural spheres, Anadolu Agency reported.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that Azizi, leading a high-level delegation of the Islamic Emriate, traveled to Tatarstan at the invitation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.
The forum is held between May 14 and 19.
The forum also aims to promote the development of Islamic financial institutions in Russia and worldwide, with a focus on joint international projects and programs, according to Anadolu Agency.
More than 80 nations are expected to participate in the event, including representatives of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Malaysia, Türkiye, Iran, Libya, and other OIC member states.
Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Abdul Salam Hanafi says Afghanistan has the potential to become one of the most important industrial centers in the region.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the national and international expo on the occasion of Industry Week, Hanafi said that the growth of industry lays the foundation for the growth of other economic sectors and that the Islamic Emirate fully supports domestic production in the country.
“Afghanistan has important and rich factors for industrial production, which can become one of the important industrial centers in the region. The growth of industry will be the basis for the growth of other economic sectors, especially agriculture,” said Hanafi.
Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Nooruddin Azizi, added that the IEA has programs in the fields of industry development and support for the private sector that will make Afghanistan self-sufficient.
Azizi stated that Afghanistan’s industrial sector is currently progressing and the quality of export goods has also improved.
Some investors said at the ceremony that after the return of the IEA, the country’s exports have increased and the number of manufacturing companies has also increased.
This expo is open to visitors for seven days, and industrial products are showcased in 450 booths.
Women in business also attended the meeting.
Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed on the issuance of a temporary admission document for transporters of commercial goods, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Transport and Aviation announced on Sunday.
The ministry said in an announcement that truck drivers and their assistants carrying commercial goods from Afghanistan and Pakistan must have this document with them at the crossings.
Based on the announcement, the document will be issued to Afghans at the Pakistani embassy in Kabul and its consulate in Kandahar.
For Pakistanis, the document is distributed at the office of the Afghanistan transport attaché in Peshawar and Quetta.
The Ministry of Transportation and Aviation asked owners and drivers of trucks to submit the required documents to their respective transportation companies by June 1.
The ministry warned that after June 1, trucks cannot travel between the two countries without having the temporary admission document.
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