Afghan, Uzbek officials meet on ties

• The acting deputy prime minister of the Afghan caretaker government, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, met with Abdulaziz Kamilov, Uzbekistan’s national security council advisor.
• The two discussed Afghanistan’s ties with the international community and the early launch of major economic projects.
• Taliban-led caretaker administration in Afghanistan had launched a new chapter in relations between the two neighbouring countries.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting Deputy Prime Minister of Afghan caretaker government, met with Abdulaziz Kamilov, Uzbekistan’s national security council advisor and special representative of the President for foreign policy, as per Baradar’s office on Monday.

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In the release, Kamilov was reported as stating that the Taliban-led caretaker administration in Afghanistan had launched a new chapter in relations between the two neighbouring countries.

“It is gratifying to see that, through these relations, joint talks are being held on Afghanistan’s economic reconstruction and strengthening its economic systems,” said Kamilov.

Kamilov noted that Uzbekistan will organise an international conference on Afghanistan in July, to which a representative of the Afghan interim administration will be invited.

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