During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the agenda of Uzbek-Afghan cooperation in the fields of investment, trade, transport and logistics, energy, agriculture, education and healthcare.
The Afghan side provided information on the measures taken to ensure security in the country, restore the economy and social sphere, as well as the fight against corruption.
Particular attention was paid to the intensification of cooperation on the implementation of the construction of the trans-Afghan railway "Termez-Mazar-I-Sharif- Kabul- Peshawar". The parties discussed the practical aspects of the project implementation and expressed their readiness to jointly resolve all existing issues.
During the dialogue, opportunities for attracting companies from Uzbekistan to participate in joint projects for the construction and restoration of infrastructure, the development of agriculture and the extraction of natural resources were also considered. An agreement was reached on the development and approval in the near future of an action plan for the development of Uzbek-Afghan trade and economic cooperation and joint work on its implementation.
It was also agreed that the parties will soon develop mechanisms to increase the volume of mutual trade and increase transit through the territories of the two states.
During the meeting, the heads of ministries and departments of the two countries, in turn, put forward proposals for further development of cooperation in the context of individual areas and expressed readiness to intensify bilateral contacts in order to speed up the resolution of existing issues.
Following the event, the heads of delegations stressed the priority of expanding bilateral partnership within the framework of the areas of cooperation discussed and identified further steps to implement the agreements reached, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan reports.
