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00:06:43We leave agricultural issues to domestic companies; there is no
00:06:46company that doesn't have the talent for packaging. Today,
00:06:50they have access to the internet, they search on the internet, they see
00:06:54packaging, it's just labeling, and there's nothing else. These are small discussions, but the
00:06:57big discussion is that no one invests
00:07:01in Afghanistan's agriculture.
00:07:03In Afghanistan's agriculture, a country can come and invest
00:07:07that doesn't even grow a single tomato in the
00:07:11entire country. The entire country.
00:09:00to prepare or produce, but in the event that domestic government investments are made with a well-defined
00:09:03policy and we enter into that. But regarding
00:09:07our economic and geopolitical relations with
00:09:10Iran, you see that I mentioned
00:09:13this at the beginning of my speech
00:09:17and said that if Afghanistan's
00:09:21maritime trade is restricted,
00:09:24and with the restriction of Afghanistan's
00:09:27maritime trade, we move towards overland trade
00:09:31through Central Asia and trade by rail,
00:09:34this issue is very expensive, and I gave you a practical example
00:09:38that if we bring one ton of cargo
00:09:41by ship, it costs 350 dollars,
00:09:45and if we bring one ton of cargo from Central Asia by rail,
00:09:49it costs 500 dollars. Therefore,
00:09:53this cost, I said, will increase
00:09:56prices, meaning the rising
00:10:00prices of consumer goods in the country's markets
00:10:04in the current situation, where unfortunately we still have high
00:10:07unemployment in Afghanistan, and we still have high poverty in Afghanistan,
00:10:11this itself is a crisis. This crisis can be
00:10:14a humanitarian crisis, an economic crisis, and
00:10:18a political crisis, and it can also affect the country's
00:10:21politics. That is, the replacement
00:10:25of Abbas and the replacement of Chabahar for Afghanistan's
00:10:28maritime trade caused that despite
00:10:32the cessation of our access to Karachi port, prices
00:10:36in the country's domestic markets did not suffer a significant shock,
00:10:39a large shock was not inflicted on Afghanistan's
00:10:43markets, and prices did not change much. This indicates,
00:10:47considering Afghanistan's current situation, that maintaining
00:10:51ideal political relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran
00:10:55is today, more than ever, one of
00:10:59the vital necessities of the people of Afghanistan.
00:11:02است.
00:11:06The topic is very broad and very important
00:11:08as well.
00:11:13experience, the electricity needs of Afghanistan
00:11:16do not see.
00:11:25The Ramadan war, after the 12-day war, after the
00:11:2840-day war with American
00:11:31aggression, a large part of the infrastructure
00:11:35in the Islamic Republic of America and Israel was targeted. You are aware
00:11:38that they targeted refineries, they targeted power infrastructure,
00:11:42they targeted bridges. Therefore,
00:11:46in the current situation, but in the long term, why in the
00:11:49long term do they have large infrastructures
00:11:52and vast energy production infrastructures
00:11:56compared to Afghanistan? Both hydropower production
00:11:59and energy production from
00:12:02its path in Afghanistan. how can we use it?
00:12:05The experience of transferring knowledge, science,
00:12:09and technology that the Islamic Republic possesses.
00:12:13They have always prioritized
00:12:15this issue and always said, "We are ready,"
00:12:19as the Minister of Energy said in his speech, "that we have learned from the resistance
00:12:23of three periods of the Afghan people's resistance
00:12:25against Britain, Russia, and America, that we also must resist."
00:12:29That is, "we were inspired by you, who resisted three powers in our neighborhood."
00:12:33"We learned from you. We will resist America."
00:12:36They have no problem
00:12:40with technology transfer. Well,
00:12:43the technology that the Islamic Republic has been sanctioned for 40
00:12:46years, and for 40
00:12:49years, the goal of these
00:12:52sanctions
00:12:55was to create obstacles to the entry of new technology
00:12:58and new science into Iran. Even with this 40-year
00:13:01situation where they resisted these sanctions,
00:13:04they say they are ready to transfer it. But what
00:13:08is important in expanding these interactions,
00:13:12in continuing these interactions, and in maintaining our
00:13:15ideal political state with the Islamic Republic is
00:13:18currently maintaining the pulse of Afghanistan's market,
00:13:21because Afghanistan, as you know,
00:13:25has a commercial economy, and if this commercial economy's imports
00:13:28are restricted or
00:13:32if transportation costs rise, then naturally
00:13:35markets will suffer, prices will go up, and people will suffer.
00:13:39For now, the Islamic Republic of Iran, alongside
00:13:42Afghanistan, and the fact that we have
00:13:45easy and convenient access to two
00:13:49strategic seaports like Bandar Abbas and Chabahar,
00:13:53and Afghanistan's trade
00:13:55is connected to the sea,
00:13:59maintaining this ideal political state, I believe, is more important today
00:14:02than ever. That is, at any cost,
00:14:05with any art or policy we can, we must maintain
00:14:09our ideal political relationship, which has been established with the Islamic Republic of Iran today.
00:14:13And I want to mention another point to you, and then let's go
00:14:17to the esteemed guest who is present here.
00:14:20Afghanistan is one of the countries in the world that
00:14:24has a license for trade through
00:14:27the Strait of Hormuz. That is, the Strait of Hormuz, which you know
00:14:31is the economic choke point of the world. Afghanistan
00:14:33can trade through this strait,
00:14:37and the largest countries in the world, including
00:14:40America, cannot trade through this strait,
00:14:44and today, America's strategic oil reserves
00:14:47are depleting.
00:14:50Sir, Iran should maintain its exports
00:15:25to Afghanistan in a good way and in a way that preserves
00:15:28the mutual interests of both sides. Yes, why? Because Afghanistan used to have
00:15:32an economy, but unfortunately, in the past years, because
00:15:35Afghanistan was a war-torn country, there were civil wars in this
00:15:39country, infrastructures were almost destroyed,
00:15:43gone. Afghanistan is just now entering a stage
00:15:46that other countries went through 100 years ago or 80 years
00:15:49ago. We have just
00:15:53reached this stage where we are in economic and political relations with neighboring
00:15:57countries. Having good relations with Afghanistan
00:16:01may be based on several economic necessities.
00:16:04Firstly, maintaining the balance or maintaining
00:16:07the trade balance between Afghanistan and Iran should be maintained.
00:16:11As we said before and always said in our discussions,
00:16:14having relations with all countries is one of
00:16:18the necessities, one of the requirements of Afghanistan's economy. But
00:16:21relations also differ, the definition of relations with other countries differs.
00:16:25The fact that today, in an international exhibition
00:16:28held in Kabul, we signed 28 memoranda
00:16:32of understanding and made it propaganda and
00:16:35451 million. Let's say Afghanistan's economic relations
00:16:39with Iran have taken place, and annually we want to increase this to 10 billion dollars.
00:16:43This is one discussion. Now let's have a fundamental discussion
00:16:47about how much of the 451 million dollars that was signed
00:16:50(28 memoranda of understanding) we can divide into each memorandum of understanding,
00:16:54meaning it becomes 16.1 million dollars. How much was Afghanistan's
00:16:57role, and how much has it been able
00:17:01to impact Afghanistan's infrastructure? Was this 451 million dollars
00:17:04that was concluded, how much of it was imports,
00:17:07and how much was exports, and how much was truly investment?
00:17:11As you mentioned earlier in your report,
00:17:15one is a promise, one is an understanding,
00:17:18one is the practical implementation of a project, and one is a real investment, how much investment was truly
00:17:22made here?
00:17:24A memorandum of understanding is an issue that only shows
00:17:27the other party's desire that they want or are willing
00:17:31to invest in a country. After the memorandum
00:17:35of understanding is signed, we move towards a contract.
00:17:38A contract means the actual amount of money that is now brought to the table
00:17:42and placed, and it determines
00:17:45the bilateral obligation. After the contract is concluded,
00:17:49we move towards companies and projects for them
00:17:53to actually start investing. Investment takes place,
00:17:56companies or factories are established, what was agreed in the contract, after that
00:18:00we move towards production. Naturally, for production, we need
00:18:04employment. Hundreds of people directly invest
00:18:16and the cyclical investment of this money that was promised,
00:18:20how much can it truly contribute to the economic cycle
00:18:24and boost Afghanistan's economic cycle? And what is Afghanistan's
00:18:27share? In which sector should this investment take place?
00:18:31What is the priority of Afghanistan's domestic market?
00:18:34Right? Should we make this investment in this sector,
00:18:38in industrial production, or in education?
00:18:41Right, what is our priority? If we have potential
00:18:45production in Afghanistan in areas where the Afghan government
00:18:49has an advantage, right, a comparative advantage or
00:18:53an absolute advantage, if we invest in that sector, it might lead us to
00:18:56exports faster. In a sector where we haven't yet reached
00:19:00an advantage, like Afghanistan's industry. That is, Afghanistan's
00:19:03industry is currently in its initial and early stages. If
00:19:07we invest in this sector and truly transform Afghanistan
00:19:11from an agricultural path, while maintaining the agricultural path,
00:19:14and also make it an industrial country. Because powerful countries, including
00:19:18Iran itself, as Bashiri Sahib said, there were sanctions
00:19:21there for 40 years, but why is Iran still
00:19:25standing against a major world power and fighting? This is due to its
00:19:28industry. Iran's industry has been a powerful country.
00:19:32Technology
00:19:36is a product.
00:20:07We should transparently pursue and follow up on them
00:20:11so that they become a reality and investments are made in Afghanistan.
00:20:14When we make investments in Afghanistan, we create joint investments,
00:20:17we create potential investments, and we make investments
00:20:21based on the benefit of Afghanistan's market. This can only create employment
00:20:25for us, which will reduce unemployment, poverty,
00:20:28and migration rates. Firstly, we desperately need to transform
00:20:32Afghanistan from an import-dependent state to self-sufficiency,
00:20:36and in the future, Afghanistan should become an industrial country.
00:20:39The capacities that exist in Afghanistan, as we have always
00:20:43said, Afghanistan has two underground resources. Afghanistan's geopolitical
00:20:47and geo-economic location and the underground resources that
00:20:50are within Afghanistan. Despite the fact that dozens
00:20:54of types of underground resources have been extracted from Afghanistan,
00:20:57we still have hundreds of types of untouched underground resources in Afghanistan.
00:21:01Let's bring investment for the extraction of these
00:21:05and increase Afghanistan's share in these.
00:21:08This investment and extraction can be beneficial
00:21:12to the Afghan government and to the people
00:21:15of Afghanistan in the long term. Mr.
00:21:18Farzad.
00:26:13As long as an ideal political relationship with countries
00:26:17is not formed, not even a small
00:26:20economic interaction will take shape. That is,
00:26:24it is an ideal political relationship that creates the conditions,
00:26:28opportunities, and paths, and makes it conducive
00:26:31for small, medium, and large economic interactions to take shape.
00:26:35That is, in the last five years, the ideal and good political relationship
00:26:38with the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Republic of Iran with us led to
00:26:42very large economic interactions with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
00:26:45One of the greatest achievements of that
00:26:48was the rescue of Afghanistan after
00:26:52the cessation of our access to Karachi port. That is,
00:26:55if we had suddenly lost our access or trade to the sea,
00:26:59prices would have been disastrous.
00:27:06That our trade transit and transportation takes place through
00:27:10the Islamic Republic, which has happened until today. Another achievement
00:27:14is that we can increase the trade between the two countries
00:27:17to 10 billion dollars.
00:27:20The geopolitical and geo-economic location of Afghanistan
00:27:23provides access to Central Asian markets, access
00:27:27to China, and access to South Asia.
00:27:31We should facilitate that
00:27:33interaction or expansion of bilateral trade between the Islamic Republic
00:27:37and the Islamic Republic so that we can also benefit
00:27:40from the position and basis
00:27:43of the Islamic Republic in the world, such as using
00:27:47the Strait of Hormuz, the Bab al-Mandab Strait,
00:27:50and using Bandar Abbas and Chabahar
00:27:54to expand our global trade and our maritime trade.
00:27:57Therefore, these issues indicate that
00:28:01نشان میده که
00:28:32bypassing our trade through land brings about challenges.
00:28:36که باز به بار می آید.
00:28:38Sir,
00:28:41can new markets and opportunities
00:28:44be created for Afghan trade? Thank you very much, Mr. Sahil.
00:28:47The more diverse relationships we can have with
00:28:50domestic markets, regional and international markets
00:28:53of the world, the more it can free us from dependence
00:28:57on one country and from dependence on the economy of one country.
00:29:00As before, Afghanistan relied on Pakistan
00:29:04for exports. Any challenge, any
00:29:08problems that occurred at ports and borders would harm Afghanistan's domestic
00:29:11markets even more. But today, we shouldn't just
00:29:15be freed from one country and make ourselves dependent on another country.
00:29:19Right? Let's get rid of Pakistan and become dependent on imports
00:29:23from Iran. No, we should have diverse markets,
00:29:26different markets, so that developments in one country do not cause any harm
00:29:30to Afghanistan.
00:29:46The investments of different countries should be productive
00:29:49investments that transform Afghanistan into a productive country,
00:29:53transform it into a self-sufficient country, and transform Afghanistan into an exporting
00:29:56country. This is a sustainable solution, a logical
00:30:00solution, and a solution that can