KABUL (Pajhwok): Fifteen economic cooperation agreements worth a total of $103 million have been signed between the private sectors of Afghanistan and Russia in the presence of Afghanistan’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs and Russia’s deputy prime minister, the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office for Economic Affairs says.
In a statement, the office said the agreements covered the import of medicines, wheat, flour and cooking oil into Afghanistan, and the export of fresh fruit, particularly pomegranates, from Afghanistan to Russia.
The agreements aim to strengthen trade ties and expand economic cooperation between the two countries. Under them, Afghanistan and Russia will trade in various sectors, the statement added.
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