KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Commerce and Industry Minister Nooruddin Azizi met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce and Investment of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov to discuss strengthening trade ties between the two countries.
The Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry in a series of tweets said the meeting between Azizi and Umurzakov discussed strengthening trade ties and providing transit facilities to Afghan traders.
The Acting Minister of Industry and Trade also met with Afghan businessmen based in Uzbekistan.
"During his visit to Uzbekistan, Minister of Commerce and Industry Nooruddin Azizi listened in particular to the problems, concerns and challenges facing Afghan businessmen living in Uzbekistan," the source added.
The tweets also said that security in the country has been strengthened, corruption eradicated and immediate action being taken to solve the problems of traders.
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