The Kabul Tribune (KT) — The Taliban’s commerce minister met with his Iranian counterpart to discuss boosting trade ties and increasing the use of Iran’s Chabahar Port, according to an official statement released Wednesday.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that Nooruddin Azizi, the acting minister, met with Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade, Mohammad Atabak, to discuss expanding economic cooperation and enhancing the use of Chabahar Port.
The ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, Dec. 25, that the meeting took place on the sidelines of Azizi’s visit to Turkey. Both sides emphasized accelerating technical and operational coordination to expand the port’s use and to provide more facilities for Afghan and Iranian traders.
According to the statement, the two ministers also discussed increasing Afghanistan’s cotton exports to Iran, creating stable trade pathways, and making railway freight rates more competitive along routes linked to Afghan transit.
The statement added that the ministers agreed to hold regular technical and operational meetings to advance trade cooperation and strengthen transit corridors between the two countries.
