The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced that following a business communication conference and joint meetings between private sector activists from Afghanistan and Russia, 15 business cooperation memorandums worth a total of $103 million have been signed.
These memorandums of understanding were signed in the presence of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, and Alexei Ovchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.
According to the newsletter, these agreements cover the sectors of imports of wheat, flour and oil to Afghanistan and exports of fresh fruits, especially Afghan pomegranates, to Russia.
The two countries also discussed mining, metallurgy, transportation and logistics, infrastructure projects, carpets, cotton, pharmaceuticals, solar energy, agriculture, food production and agricultural machinery.
