Uzbekistan and Afghanistan signed 35 cooperation documents

The authorities of Uzbekistan and the Taliban government in Afghanistan signed documents totaling 2.5 billion dollars.

According to the BBC, on August 18, 2024, the authorities of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan signed 35 memorandums of understanding.

The signing ceremony was attended by Acting Deputy Prime Minister of the Afghan interim government for economic affairs Abdul Ghani Baradar and Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov, as well as government officials and representatives of the private sector from both countries.

It is reported that out of these, 12 memorandums of understanding were investment agreements worth 1.4 billion dollars, and 23 were trade agreements worth 1.1 billion dollars.

The length of the state border between the countries is 144 km.

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, Tashkent, unlike Dushanbe, has been trying to establish trade and economic relations with Kabul.

Currently, the trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan over the past year amounted to about one billion dollars. The authorities of Uzbekistan expect that next year this figure will exceed 3 billion dollars.