Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Economy & Commerce in Kabul to Discuss Trade

Thursday, 01/25/2024

Daniyar Amangeldiev, Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Economy and Commerce, arrived in Kabul on Wednesday along with a delegation and met Taliban’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.

The Taliban's Foreign Ministry said that economic relations between Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan were discussed in this meeting.

In a statement released by the Taliban's Foreign Ministry, Muttaqi expressed appreciation for Kyrgyzstan's policy towards Afghanistan and conveyed their desire to enhance trade relations between the two nations.

Muttaqi said that there is a capacity to increase export and import between Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan.

According to the Taliban's statement, Amangeldiev said that he got a group of individuals from his country to engage in business negotiations with Afghanistan's private sector.

This delegation had been invited by the Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and the members also met the Taliban’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, separately.

Kyrgyzstan, like other nations, has not officially recognised the Taliban, and still, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev had urged Central Asian countries to enhance cooperation and coordination regarding Afghanistan.

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