(MENAFN- Wadsam) The Taliban delegation met with the Uzbek government
delegation in the city of Tirmuz to discuss the Tirmuz-Mazar-e-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar
railway project.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban Ministry of
Information and Culture, said in a statement that the meeting took place on
Saturday between high-ranking delegations of Taliban and Uzbek government
officials.
According to him, during the meeting, which began with
speeches by Taliban Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi and Uzbekistan
Deputy Prime Minister Omar Zakov, the two sides discussed the
Sarkhan-Pul-e-Khumri 500 kV transmission line, in addition to talks on the
Tirmez-Peshawar railway. .
The expansion of trade relations, fuel and basic
necessities, especially in winter, transit facilities for Afghan traders and
cooperation in the field of health were other topics of discussion between the
two sides.
Zabihullah Mujahid said that after discussing these cases,
joint working teams have been formed in many areas.
According to him, these teams are supposed to complete the
roadmap for cooperation in the next ten days and present it to the leaders of
the two countries for decision.
The delegations of the two sides expressed hope that this
roadmap would be drawn soon and practical steps would be taken on the issues
under discussion.
The Taliban delegation’s visit to Uzbekistan came a week and
a half after Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamlov led a delegation to Kabul.
During the visit, the Uzbek Foreign Minister met with Amir
Khan Mottaki, the acting head of the Taliban’s foreign ministry, and said that
the group’s government would soon find a strong position in the international
community.
Amir Khan Mottaqi had promised that the situation in
Afghanistan would return to normal.
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