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[00:00:00] and create a gap between the government and the nation.
[00:00:03] Peace and freedom, this
[00:00:07] great blessing, are the result of the blood
[00:00:10] of martyrs and the sacrifice of thousands of Muslim
[00:00:13] lives. We will spare
[00:00:17] no effort to protect
[00:00:20] this divine blessing.
[00:01:19] The Islamic and special representative of this organization for Afghanistan met separately
[00:01:23] in Kabul with the Deputy Head of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Minister
[00:01:26] of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Health of the Islamic Emirate.
[00:01:30] These meetings discussed the expansion
[00:01:33] of Afghanistan's relations with this organization, Afghanistan's role
[00:01:37] in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the regional and global situation,
[00:01:40] and engagement with Afghanistan.
[00:01:44] Qariuddin Mohammad Hanif, Minister
[00:01:47] of Economy, met with the head of the European Union
[00:01:51] delegation to Afghanistan and his accompanying delegation.
[00:01:55] In this meeting, the two sides discussed strengthening economic relations,
[00:01:58] expanding developmental and humanitarian cooperation,
[00:02:02] supporting the private sector, and attracting investment.
[00:02:05] Meanwhile, Qariuddin Mohammad Hanif, in this
[00:02:09] meeting, emphasized the importance of lifting economic sanctions
[00:02:12] and urged the European Union to encourage European companies
[00:02:16] and investors to invest in Afghanistan.
[00:02:19] ترغیب
[00:02:20] نماید.
[00:02:24] Nooruddin Azizi, Minister of Industry and Commerce, met with an Iranian
[00:02:27] economic delegation and discussed the expansion of economic cooperation
[00:02:31] and joint investment. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce says that
[00:02:35] in this meeting, investment in the extraction and processing of iron
[00:02:39] ore in Ghorian, Herat, banking relations
[00:02:42] between the two countries, the establishment of a packaging
[00:02:45] factory for Iranian household appliances in Afghanistan,
[00:02:48] and joint investment in the online trade sector
[00:02:52] were discussed.
[00:02:53] گرفت
[00:02:57] Sayed Karim Hashemi, Head of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment,
[00:03:00] met with Jeffrey Greco, President of the Afghan-American
[00:03:04] Joint Chamber of Commerce, and a number of members of this chamber to discuss
[00:03:08] the expansion of economic cooperation, strengthening trade relations,
[00:03:11] and investment opportunities in Afghanistan.
[00:03:14] In this meeting, Sayed Karim Hashemi urged American traders and investors
[00:03:18] to invest in infrastructure, oil refining,
[00:03:21] extraction, and processing of mines,
[00:03:25] and large production projects in Afghanistan.
[00:03:28] سرمایه گذاری کنند.
[00:03:38] The Joint Working Group (JWG) and the Intergovernmental
[00:03:41] Council (IGC) participated in the KASA-1000 project
[00:03:45] in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
[00:03:48] In this meeting, Mullah Abdul Haq Hamkar, emphasizing
[00:03:51] the strategic importance of this project
[00:03:55] in expanding regional trade, energy, providing additional
[00:03:58] funding, accelerating construction work, removing existing
[00:04:02] obstacles, and following up on joint decisions, highlighted these
[00:04:05] as the fundamental priorities of this project.
[00:04:08] نمود.
[00:04:12] The Ministry of Finance states that to improve the inspection
[00:04:15] and assessment of passengers' goods, five scanners
[00:04:19] worth 448 million Afghanis have been purchased and installed
[00:04:23] in two customs offices in the country.
[00:04:26] According to the Ministry, four units are operational at Kabul International
[00:04:30] Airport, and one other unit is active
[00:04:33] at Hairatan
[00:04:34] customs in Balkh.
[00:04:38] A coordination meeting for local officials, journalists,
[00:04:41] and cultural, social, and media activists from the northern zone,
[00:04:45] attended by a number of government officials, representatives
[00:04:48] of media organizations, university professors,
[00:04:51] and social activists, was held at the headquarters
[00:04:54] of Qala-e-Naw Corps 209 Al-Fatah. Participating officials
[00:04:58] at this meeting considered
[00:05:02] youth and women to be influential segments of society and emphasized their responsibility
[00:05:05] in protecting Islamic values, strengthening
[00:05:09] social cohesion, and consolidating the system.
[00:05:18] Herat province announced the completion of two projects worth a total of 12 million
[00:05:22] Afghanis. According to them, these projects are located in
[00:05:26] the 8th and 12th districts of Herat city, and include
[00:05:30] paving roads and constructing canals for these roads.
[00:05:33] باشد.
[00:05:36] Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, in a phone call with
[00:05:40] his Saudi counterpart, emphasized the necessity of a political
[00:05:44] solution to regional crises and announced Tehran's readiness
[00:05:47] to help start talks between Saudi Arabia
[00:05:51] and Yemen. According to Tasnim News Agency, the two
[00:05:55] sides discussed the latest
[00:05:58] developments in the region during the phone call.
[00:07:12] In Kabul, among the private sectors
[00:07:15] of Afghanistan, at the meeting on the development of relations,
[00:07:34] Afghanistan's product process
[00:07:37] for legal extraction, and our
[00:07:40] part in the energy sector,
[00:09:12] from the Islamic Republic of Iran, recently arrived
[00:09:15] in Kabul to participate
[00:09:18] in the exhibition of Imam Abu Hanifa (may God have mercy on him).
[00:09:22] The delegation
[00:09:25] included Mr.
[00:09:28] آقای
[00:09:30] Ali Abbas Abadi, Abbas Ali Abadi, sorry,
[00:09:34] Abbas Ali Abadi, who is the Minister
[00:09:36] of Energy of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
[00:09:40] Approximately more than 10 members
[00:09:43] of the parliament or the Islamic Council
[00:09:47] of Iran, who are included in this delegation,
[00:09:50] about 500 people, up to 500 people
[00:09:54] from different companies from Iran
[00:09:57] had come and participated in this exhibition.
[00:10:00] All these 500
[00:10:04] companies are investors, Iranian traders,
[00:10:07] Iranian economic activists
[00:10:10] who, as I mentioned earlier, were the Minister of Energy
[00:10:14] of the Islamic Republic.
[00:10:17] With the target that, or
[00:10:21] the goal that, the Ambassador
[00:10:25] of the Islamic Republic, Dr. Beygdeli, announced,
[00:10:28] that we plan to increase
[00:10:32] trade between the two brotherly and friendly countries
[00:10:35] to 10 billion dollars.
[00:10:38] And reaching this volume,
[00:10:41] which the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic announced in
[00:10:44] his speech, shows that such
[00:10:48] contracts were signed between the private sector and economic activists
[00:10:52] of the two neighboring countries.
[00:10:56] In the meeting on the first day,
[00:10:59] with Afghan and Iranian officials who attended,
[00:11:03] and in the B2B meeting between the Afghan private
[00:11:07] sector and the private sector of the Islamic Republic,
[00:11:10] approximately 500 million dollars
[00:11:13] worth of various contracts in different
[00:11:16] fields were signed. Long-term,
[00:11:18] continuous, and strategic cooperation
[00:11:22] between the two countries was taking
[00:11:26] shape and is still taking shape, and this
[00:11:29] relationship is expanding
[00:11:32] greatly.
[00:11:38] What are the economic opportunities
[00:11:40] for Afghanistan? Extraordinary,
[00:11:44] unprecedented, in the contemporary economic history
[00:11:47] of Afghanistan, when we take a brief look
[00:11:50] at the situation, especially the American
[00:11:53] situation. And to spite the American
[00:11:57] servants in the region who for 20 years in this country
[00:12:01] had caused such an uproar that it seemed as if
[00:12:05] Afghanistan was on the path of the world, American
[00:12:08] democracy. Everything shows
[00:12:11] that today, today when I review it, it shows
[00:12:15] that 20 years in this country were truly wasted. Truly,
[00:12:19] it was wasted. We did not witness it in 20 years
[00:12:22] with America's presence, while we
[00:12:34] should define a geography in one of the plains
[00:12:37] of South America and say this is Afghanistan. Well, our neighbors won't move
[00:12:41] from next to us. Therefore, I think
[00:12:44] that in 20 years we were very negligent, and the Americans
[00:12:48] also did not want Afghanistan's strategic relations
[00:12:52] with its neighbors to be established
[00:12:55] on a fundamental basis, so to speak.
[00:12:58] One of Mr. Zanganeh's statements, Mohsen Zanganeh,
[00:13:02] Chairman of the Production Committee
[00:13:06] of the Parliament or Islamic Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that in
[00:13:09] Herat - of course, his speech was in Herat - he said
[00:13:13] that we are ready to pipe crude oil
[00:13:17] to Herat, and you in
[00:13:19] Herat should build a refinery,
[00:13:23] establish a refinery. Refine
[00:13:26] our crude oil into gasoline
[00:13:30] and diesel, and we will buy it back
[00:13:33] from Afghanistan. We will pay for it. We will give you crude
[00:13:37] oil through pipelines. You establish a refinery
[00:13:40] in Herat, refine it, and our biggest
[00:13:44] market is the Islamic Republic of Iran. We will buy it from you.
[00:13:48] This kind of interaction between the two countries in the region
[00:13:52] , culturally, civilizationally,
[00:13:55] linguistically, religiously, geopolitically,
[00:13:58] geographically, politically, religiously, and all
[00:14:02] the factors that I presented to you,
[00:14:05] lead us to the conclusion that such a political
[00:14:09] situation should exist between the two countries, and such economic
[00:14:12] interaction should take shape. Mr. Bashiri,
[00:14:16] the situation with Pakistan.
[00:14:20] سره
[00:14:24] in the conditions.
[00:14:44] If, after the cessation of our access
[00:14:47] to Karachi port,
[00:14:50] and after the limitation of Afghanistan's trade by ship
[00:14:54] and sea trade, if the Islamic
[00:14:57] Republic of Iran was not with us, and if we
[00:15:00] did not have sufficient access to Bandar Abbas,
[00:15:03] then in general, Afghanistan
[00:15:06] would lose its maritime trade. Today,
[00:15:10] you would be witnessing a significant increase
[00:15:13] in prices, especially for basic necessities
[00:15:16] and routine consumer goods. This is maritime
[00:15:19] trade, and this
[00:15:23] access and maritime trade allow countries
[00:15:27] to maintain prices at an ideal level
[00:15:30] and in a way that matches the purchasing power
[00:15:34] of their people. If , God forbid,
[00:15:38] we completely lose our maritime
[00:15:42] trade, meaning our access from Bandar Abbas is also stopped,
[00:15:45] and our access from Chabahar port is also stopped
[00:15:49] (where the Islamic Republic recently pledged 110
[00:15:53] hectares of land to Afghanistan in Chabahar),
[00:15:56] if this access is stopped, and Afghanistan
[00:16:00] is limited to land trade through Central Asia
[00:16:03] and trade via rail, you will only
[00:16:07] witness changes in prices in the market, because Afghanistan
[00:16:11] is a highly consumer-oriented and importing country,
[00:16:14] and in consumer-oriented and importing countries,
[00:16:18] transport and transit play the most crucial role
[00:16:22] in determining prices. That is, the higher
[00:16:25] the transport cost, the greater its impact
[00:16:28] on the consumer prices of goods
[00:16:31] in the market, and you can feel
[00:16:34] that. Therefore, Afghanistan's access
[00:16:38] was never so easy
[00:16:41] and convenient at Karachi
[00:16:44] port. In the past 20 years,
[00:16:48] when we did not have
[00:16:52] extensive economic relations with the Islamic
[00:16:55] Republic of Iran, the previous governments did not have
[00:16:58] access to Karachi port, meaning Afghanistan's
[00:17:01] maritime trade was conducted through Karachi port,
[00:17:05] which was almost a bottleneck for the economy.
[00:18:25] with Iran. Fortunately, in the past few weeks,
[00:18:29] yes, we are on the verge of holding
[00:18:32] the international Imam Abu Hanifa exhibition.
[00:18:35] Before that, the meeting
[00:18:49] on trade, economy, and transit with Iran.
[00:18:52] As you know, Iran is one of the powerful
[00:18:56] regional countries, and it is one of the countries
[00:18:59] that has the longest border lines and common
[00:19:03] borders with Afghanistan. The more Afghanistan can develop
[00:19:06] economic and foreign relations.
[00:19:25] Yes, but previously, Afghanistan's
[00:19:27] markets were mostly dependent on Pakistan's
[00:19:31] markets, as Mr. Bashiri said, and we often
[00:19:35] suffered from this, and Pakistan took advantage
[00:19:38] of the necessity of the Afghan people and Afghanistan's domestic
[00:19:41] markets. But today, the Afghan government is determined
[00:19:45] to diversify markets and find different
[00:19:49] markets for Afghanistan's domestic markets. This is commendable
[00:19:52] and worthy of support, but it is not
[00:19:56] enough. Here, we should focus our discussion on
[00:19:59] how these memoranda of understanding (MoUs) that are signed,
[00:20:02] approximately 28 MoUs worth over 450 million dollars,
[00:20:06] have been signed. How can these MoUs maintain
[00:20:10] Afghanistan's position? We can discuss this from three
[00:20:14] perspectives. First, Afghanistan as an
[00:20:17] importing country, meaning Afghanistan is a consumer market.
[00:20:20] Second, Afghanistan is an exporting country,
[00:20:23] and third, joint investments.
[00:20:27] Let's see which axis the MoUs focused
[00:20:30] on. Are we only a consumer country for Iran?
[00:20:34] Are we a consumer market? Is production happening in Iran?
[00:20:38] And is the volume of exchanges and the volume of trade
[00:20:41] between Afghanistan and Iran such that Iran produces and imports
[00:20:44] into Afghanistan, and Afghanistan only consumes? If this
[00:20:48] is the case, it is correct.
[00:20:55] The possibility of producing it, the possibility of being responsible for it, does not exist in Afghanistan or we welcome it less. For example, we can import machinery
[00:20:59] into Afghanistan, correct?
[00:21:02] We can bring technology into
[00:21:06] Afghanistan. We can use Iranian human capital
[00:21:09] and bring them into Afghanistan so that they can
[00:21:12] train specialized personnel in Afghanistan
[00:21:15] and serve the Afghan market.
[00:21:19] Secondly, if we can utilize existing capacities
[00:21:22] in Afghanistan, we should focus
[00:21:26] more on productive capacities in Afghanistan. We should make
[00:21:29] Afghanistan's companies and factories more self-sufficient.
[00:21:33] As Mr. Bashiri said, we should bring raw materials
[00:21:37] to Afghanistan. Refineries should be established here,
[00:21:41] processing companies should be established here. We should standardize
[00:21:44] and professionalize our packaging and then use
[00:21:47] that capacity and those investments.
[00:22:25] If these investments take place in Afghanistan
[00:22:28] and truly lead Afghanistan towards self-sufficiency,
[00:22:32] production, and industrialization, because Iran is an industrial
[00:22:36] and producing country, if we copy
[00:22:40] Iranian technology and bring it to Afghanistan,
[00:22:43] and can make Afghanistan's domestic markets self-sufficient,
[00:22:47] this would be commendable and in the long
[00:22:51] run, it would contribute to Afghanistan's economic development and prosperity. The third issue is joint investments
[00:22:55] between the Afghan and Iranian governments.
[00:22:59] We can make the situation more conducive
[00:23:02] for Iranian investors. Today, Iranian investors,
[00:23:05] even the Minister of Energy of Iran, are in Afghanistan.
[00:23:09] How much can we showcase our capabilities to
[00:23:13] them? The purpose of organizing
[00:23:16] exhibitions is to showcase
[00:23:20] the production capacities of each country. When Iranians come
[00:23:24] to Afghanistan, we should show them our capacities
[00:23:27] and say, "Brother, we have this much production
[00:23:30] capacity, this much capacity to establish large factories
[00:23:34] in Afghanistan." The Afghan government should provide industrial parks
[00:23:37] to them, ensure their security, regulate their money transfer
[00:23:41] system, and banking system, establish refineries here,
[00:23:45] establish processing centers and services in Afghanistan,
[00:23:48] and provide them with more legal guarantees
[00:23:52] so that they can invest in Afghanistan with peace of mind.
[00:23:56] If the Afghan government provides this
[00:23:59] package to Iranian investors and they work on these
[00:24:02] considerations so that we can make our markets
[00:24:06] self-sufficient, then this can be to our benefit.
[00:24:09] Also, the major ports in Iran, such as Bandar Abbas
[00:24:13] and Chabahar port, are two ports
[00:24:16] that truly connect Afghanistan to South Asia,
[00:24:20] South Asian countries. If we export our products,
[00:24:23] our agricultural products - look, Afghanistan has
[00:24:27] an absolute advantage in several things economically.
[00:24:31] We have the best saffron in the world. We have the best carpets.
[00:24:34] We have the best fruits. We have the best vegetables. If
[00:24:38] in season, these fruits, these agricultural products of Afghanistan
[00:24:41] are exported through Bandar Abbas, through Chabahar port, to Arab countries
[00:24:45] like Iraq, like Dubai, like Kuwait,
[00:24:48] this will be to Afghanistan's benefit.
[00:25:54] oil that happens in the world, the political challenges that Iran faces,
[00:25:57] that imbalance of prices
[00:26:01] in the markets.
[00:26:08] use Iran's investments in Afghanistan,
[00:26:11] and make Afghanistan self-sufficient
[00:26:14] in terms of electricity within the country, because
[00:26:18] we have the potential for hydropower,
[00:26:21] solar power, and wind power.
[00:26:24] If we make their investments jointly within
[00:26:27] Afghanistan, we can supply our
[00:26:31] own electricity from Afghan soil and the potential
[00:26:35] human resources here, and provide it to industrialists,
[00:26:38] companies, and factories. This can be beneficial
[00:26:41] to the Afghan government in terms of cost,
[00:26:45] consumption, quantity, and price,
[00:26:49] and it will be of higher quality and more stable.
[00:26:52] Thank you, Mr. Farzad, the development
[00:26:55] for Afghanistan's economic