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Protestors demand redirection of imported power cable from Turkmenistan
Scores of political and social figures including law makers and professors in Kabul have staged protest demanding the redirection of the imported electricity cable from Turkmenistan.
Protestors have stated that no one can deal on redirection of the power cable going through Maidan Wardak, Bamyan , but officials in Afghanistan power department urged that redirection of the imported electricity through bamyan, Maidan Wardak is costly and lengthier one.
Afghanistan officials decided to change the direction of the imported electricity cable from Bamyan, Maidan Wardak to Salang, Parwan and then Kabul to light south part of Afghanistan, the following decision was criticized by hundreds of protestors in Kabul.
Porfessor Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi said,” there are 3 International documents existed on the following projects indicating the direction of the imported electricity cable to go by, in the part of the document shows that its possible if the following project to be implemented through Salang Pass.”
“ If the National Unity Government of Afghanistan which are led by Ghani and Abdullah doesn’t consider the Nation demand, we will change the International summit which will be held in Brussels into International summoning conference against incapable Government of Afghanistan Mp Ahmad Behzad said.”
Meanwhile Minister of Energy and Water Ali Ahmad Usmani during a conference said,” USA- Japan are the main financial supporters of the following 500 mega watt electricity coming from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, they have demanded the Afghan Government to redirect the electricity cable till the end of April 2016 , otherwise the following project will be postponed for 18 more months.”
Mr. Usmani also said,” that the direction of the imported electricity cable from Turkmenistan can’t be changed because the following 500 mega watt electricity will light about 12 Provinces in Afghanistan.”
“The decision was taken on 2013, but today’s session was to redirect the imported electricity cable Minister of Energy and Water Ali Ahmad Usmani said.”
Based on the estimation Afghanistan is one country full of sources for producing of electricity inside , but no proper plan and insecurity have caused that Afghan Government to pay high price and import electricity from neighboring countries.
Reported by Nabila Hafizi
Shahabuddin Delawar, the acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, met with a delegation from the Siberian oil and gas sector in Kabul this week to discuss investment opportunities.
According to the ministry, the visiting Russians expressed interest in investing in Afghanistan oil and gas mines.
In response, Delawar welcomed their interest and stated that the ministry would cooperate with them and provide necessary facilities for their endeavors.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has ratified the national budget for fiscal year 1403 (solar year) after a “thorough review and consideration.”
This year’s national budget has been meticulously crafted to address the needs and priorities of the people, IEA spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday.
As with the previous year, the budget has been drawn up exclusively using domestic revenues.
The Ministry of Finance will, as always, incorporate the national budget for the fiscal year 1403 into the country’s financial system, Mujahid said.
All associated sectors, both ordinary and developmental, will be managed with full transparency and in accordance with standard procedures, he added.
No further details were given.
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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