Meeting of the high-ranking Afghan government delegation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

June 16, 2021

The high-level government delegation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, headed by Mr. Nisar Ahmad Ghoryani, Minister of Industry and Commerce, is in Prague, Czech Republic to attend the first meeting of the Afghanistan-Czech-Slovak Trade and Investment Forum.

During the meeting, Mr. Nisar Ahmad Ghoryani, Minister of Industry and Commerce, and his accompanying delegation discussed with Mr. Kulhánek on the increase of trade-investment relations, development of bilateral trade, visa facilitation for businessmen and Afghans in the Czech Republic, direct air corridor between Kabul-Prague.

Meanwhile, on the last day of the first meeting of the Afghanistan-Czech-Slovak Trade-Investment Forum, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the high-level government delegation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Afghan-Czech Joint Chamber.

The high-level government delegation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan which is headed by Mr. Nisar Ahmad Ghoryani, Minister of Industry and Commerce, and consisting of Mr. Mohammad Haroon Chakhansuri, Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Mr. Mohammad Kabir Issa Khel, Head of the National Procurement Department, Mr. Ataullah Nasib, Head of the Investment Facilitation Unit, Irrigation and Livestock, had three days of valuable and fruitful discussions with government and private sector of the Czech Republic and Slovakia on increasing trade and investment cooperation between Afghanistan and these countries in Prague.

During the talks, government and private sector officials from the Czech Republic and Slovakia pledged to the high-level delegation of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to increase trade and investment relations.