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Recca Summit Proves Donors Still Support Afghanistan:Experts

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9 years ago

September 5, 2015

(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

Holding of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA-VI) has approved that Afghanistan hasn’t been fallen from the attention of the International community.

A number of the political experts have insisted that holding of such regional summit has added up to the value of the Afghanistan for international community and has paved the ways for drawing more investments in the country.

As the Recca entered into the second day of the Recca session where 30 countries and 40 international NGOs have attended this will add more credit to Afghanistan for holding such important regional summit in Kabul.

Political Expert Nasratullah Istanikzai said,” in the following summit Afghanistan gained more credits of trusts from International community, it will pave more ways for boosting our economy.”

“Despite of a lot of challenges in Kabul Afghan Officials have held RECCA summit and this has proved that Afghanistan hasn’t been forgotten by the International community the other Political expert Ahmad Saiedi said.”

Political expert Taher Hashimi said,” this depends to the Government how to gain the regional and World countries attentions in order to resolve its problems within its Government.”

After Taliban regime falls several National and international summits were held about Afghanistan, most of the experts believed that the way of using sources were wrong and Government has failed to do so in order to fulfill the International community demands.

Reported By Fawad Nasiri.

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Azizi meets with head of Tatarstan on sidelines of Kazan Forum

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5 hours ago

May 16, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: May 16, 2024)

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.

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Afghanistan’s imports and exports totaled $10.3 billion last year

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1 day ago

May 15, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: May 15, 2024)

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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Acting commerce minister heads to Russia to attend Kazan Forum

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2 days ago

May 14, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: May 14, 2024)

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.