INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry says that they are trying to increase the volume of trade between Afghanistan and Iran to the value
of $10 billion dollars in the next few years.Nuruddin Azizi, who is part of the Afghanistan delegation in Iran, emphasized in a conversation
with the Iranian media that both countries have the capacity to expand their economic relations and increase the volume of trade.&Of course,
the capacities that Afghanistan has and the capacities that are available in both countries, we want to increase Afghanistan&s trade up to
$10 billion dollars in the next few years, as I said in my previous interviews, there is capacity on both sides, especially mineral
resources, agriculture and industrial programs that we have in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has the ability to trade with Iran up to 10 billion dollars,& said Azizi.At the same time, Mohammad Mehdi Jawanmard, an advisor
to the Iranian president&s special envoy for Afghanistan, says that Iran wants to expand economic ties with Afghanistan
He also said that the culmination of the delegation&s visit to Iran will see both sides signing a number of memorandums of understanding to
expand commercial and economic relations.&Iran does not want to import raw natural resources from Afghanistan to Iran
We made this understanding with the Afghan side to the extent that it can be processed in Afghanistan and the final product transferred
We want to expand our commonalities and economic infrastructure, and they will visit different places during this trip, and finally the
memorandums of understanding will be signed by Mr
Mullah Baradar (the IEA&s deputy prime minister of economic affairs) and Mr
Kazemi Qomi (Iran&s special envoy to Afghanistan),& said Mohammad Mehdi Jawanmard, an advisor to the Iranian president&s special envoy for
Afghanistan.Azizi meanwhile also emphasized the expansion of border cooperation between Iran and Afghanistan and added that in future they
will try to establish a common border market between both countries so that the people of both sides can benefit from each other&s industry
and skills without obtaining a visa.On the other hand, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and his
accompanying delegation met with a number of Afghan businessmen and investors residing in Iran and assured them that the necessary
facilities are available for them to come to Afghanistan and invest.The post IEA hoping to top $10 billion in trade volume with Iran over
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