Minister of Industry and Commerce Meets with the Non-Resident Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Afghanistan

May 29, 2021

Mr. Nisar Ahmad Ghoryani, Minister of Industry and Commerce, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus, Oleg Ivanov, in his office to discuss the expansion of industrial-commercial cooperation.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed the establishment of a joint trade working group between the two countries, holding joint industrial-trade fairs, increasing Afghanistan's agricultural exports to Belarus, cooperating with Afghan industrialists, and encouraging Belarusian investors to invest in Afghanistan.

Welcoming Mr. Ivanov to Kabul, Mr. Ghoryani, MoIC Minister said, Afghanistan is striving to expand its trade relations with all countries in the region and the world, and the friend country of Belarus, is one of our good trading partners.

Mr. Ghoryani added the ministry wants joint cooperation in the development of Afghanistan's production industry by Belarusian industries.

During the meeting, Mr. Oleg Ivanov said, his country wants to increase the export of Afghan agricultural products to Belarus and promised to cooperate with Afghanistan in the field of industrial development.

In the conclusion, both sides positively assessed the future of industrial trade relations and promised any kind of cooperation in the development of economic trade relations.