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00:00:14اس اساسات مهم مورد
00:00:17کاربردی در اقتصاد و تجارت است تا زمانی که ما برق
00:00:21reliable and regular electricity, we cannot run our companies
00:00:24regularly. We cannot advance our companies. We cannot hire
00:00:28personnel. We
00:00:35can certainly move Afghanistan towards industrialization. Currently, Afghanistan is an agricultural country. In addition to investing in Afghanistan's agriculture,
00:00:39more than 70-75 percent of Afghanistan's land, as we have always
00:00:43pointed out, is ready for agriculture, ready for
00:00:46cultivation. But let's also instill this idea in the youth,
00:00:49in the people, and in the government officials that Afghanistan, in addition to being an
00:00:53agricultural country, can also become an industrial country. When we
00:00:57bring about an industrial revolution in Afghanistan, Afghanistan...
00:01:14One of our basic needs is electricity, which requires
00:01:18large investments. What is the solution? How should this problem be solved?
00:01:21Sir, the solution is investment. Investment based on
00:01:25the interests of Afghanistan and foreign countries. Saudi
00:01:29Arabia showed interest. Last week, representatives from
00:01:32Saudi Arabia came and said that we will
00:01:35invest in renewable energy production
00:01:39in Afghanistan. We analyzed and reviewed it. We said, "Brother, they
00:01:43have experience in renewable energy production
00:01:46and have invested in their own country. The cities of Riyadh,
00:01:50Mecca, and Medina currently have renewable energy." Or
00:01:53they can share their experiences in Afghanistan in partnership with the Afghan
00:01:56government. A survey, feasibility
00:02:00studies, must be conducted. Suitable areas
00:02:03must be identified throughout Afghanistan. The provinces that have abundant
00:02:07water resources, hydropower resources,
00:02:10and solar resources must be optimally utilized to produce electricity in Afghanistan.
00:02:14This is one of the actions that must be taken. Once electricity is available, we can even have
00:02:18manufacturing industries, as well as processing
00:02:22industries. In our economy, we have manufacturing
00:02:25industries that lead to production, and we have processing industries. Currently, look, we are in
00:02:29autumn, and agricultural products
00:02:32from 34 provinces of Afghanistan, especially vegetables, especially
00:02:36Afghanistan, have
00:02:38all come to fruition. Right? But today, it's a shame that
00:02:42a kilogram of apples in Afghanistan is sold for 60 Afghanis, 50 Afghanis
00:02:46in the market, and there's still no market. Right? Why don't
00:02:49we have processing industries in Afghanistan? If
00:02:52the companies are properly established, and we
00:02:56can convert this into juice, into beverages, even food industries.
00:18:47Are the current conditions favorable for foreign investment, and what is the
00:18:51real serious problem in this
00:18:54regard? Look, dear Mr. Sahel, currently, more
00:18:57than ever before, the conditions for investment in
00:19:01Afghanistan are, in my opinion, favorable. Why? Previously,
00:19:04there were more stakeholders in Afghanistan. And a number
00:19:08of countries, a number of Asian countries or world
00:19:12countries, because of political disputes with various countries and
00:19:16major powers, did not invest in Afghanistan. As
00:19:20Mr. Farzad said in his speech,
00:19:22today, there is a kind of competition due to Afghanistan's location,
00:19:26as to which country can gain the most benefit. Right? When
00:19:30Pakistan gets closer to us, Iran objects.
00:19:33When Iran gets closer, India objects. That is, every country,
00:19:36in the end, in every way, wants to benefit from this country.
00:19:40What is our gain today? Our gain is that
00:19:43currently, no country interferes in Afghanistan's internal
00:19:47and external affairs. From another angle, Afghanistan
00:19:51today belongs to Afghans themselves,
00:19:54and Afghans across Afghanistan can implement their plans
00:19:57without any problems, without any
00:20:00challenges. Right? Today, a very
00:20:03good environment has been created, a conducive environment for us to be able to
00:20:07make such large investments in infrastructure
00:20:11in Afghanistan. We have superstructure and we have infrastructure.
00:20:14Building towns, constructing buildings, building roads,
00:20:18these are also things that are supportable. We support
00:20:22them. But if we prioritize them, then only
00:20:25superficial work will be done in Afghanistan. That is, if we
00:20:29really want to solve the economic problems of the country, we must
00:20:33work on the country's infrastructure. What is infrastructure? As
00:20:36I told you earlier, it's health,
00:20:40educational services, training, electricity production,
00:20:43and the extraction of resources, and
00:20:46investment in the banking sector. One of the problems that
00:20:50drives away investors in Afghanistan is the
00:20:54lack of accurate banking. That is,
00:20:57our banking system is a local and national system. That is,
00:21:01Afghan banks are not connected to foreign
00:21:04and regional banks. Right? Thirdly, transit
00:21:07services and logistics services are issues that
00:21:11traders face at the borders. That is, these
00:21:15are some of the problems that must be resolved by the Afghan
00:21:18government. Thirdly, something that, as
00:21:22Mr. Farzad pointed out, is that we must have a well-defined
00:21:25and organized policy for Afghanistan's economic growth.
00:21:29Every government that comes, every government that comes, must
00:21:33be obliged to implement those programs, not just let
00:21:36projects remain at zero. If they proceed to some extent, they then
00:21:40start again from zero. And the next issue is these memorandums
00:21:44of understanding that we witnessed over the past months, where the
00:21:47Minister of Industry and Commerce signed at least 15 memorandums of understanding with
00:21:51different countries, just like he signed last year.
00:21:54Right? They signed in 2024 and 2025, but
00:21:58almost 15-20% of them actually materialize, but the rest
00:22:01don't. Signing memorandums of understanding will not solve Afghanistan's problems.
00:22:05Diplomatic and ceremonial meetings will not solve
00:22:08Afghanistan's problems. Traveling to different countries will
00:22:12not solve them, but rather, here, there is a gap
00:22:15between signing memorandums of understanding and implementing
00:22:19projects. They must be compelled.
00:22:27In Afghanistan, we can call it a national project, and we can also call it a regional project.
00:22:31The CASA-1000 project, Afghan Trans, and the TAPI project. If these three projects
00:22:35are truly implemented in Afghanistan and can connect Afghanistan to Central
00:22:38Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East, then it will truly
00:22:41enhance Afghanistan's credibility with regional countries.
00:22:44What is the role of Afghan embassies in these countries in terms
00:22:48of investment?
00:23:50The main duty and responsibility
00:23:53of these economic representatives is to attract foreign
00:23:56investments, to compel them, to give them guarantees, to gain their trust,
00:24:00so that they come to Afghanistan, and investment
00:24:03orders/recommendations must be given by the Afghan government
00:24:07according to our needs, and what we need in those sectors
00:24:11should be invested in Afghanistan. Today, there is no
00:24:14interference from regional countries and powerful countries in Afghanistan,
00:24:18so they can invest
00:24:20in Afghanistan peacefully and utilize the existing
00:24:24capacities and internal talents of Afghanistan to
00:24:28optimally make Afghanistan self-sufficient
00:24:30and turn it into an exporter. Mr.
00:24:33How much have political conditions
00:24:37affected the economic situation? Economy is part
00:24:40of politics. Right? If our economy is not
00:24:43good, our politics cannot be good. If politics is not good, the economy
00:24:47cannot be good either. So these two are
00:24:59if investors are assured that there will be no political
00:25:03disruptions, they will come to Afghanistan and invest.
00:25:07Second is Afghanistan's political relations with
00:25:10regional countries. We need to move from differences of opinion to consensus.
00:25:14The more complex our relations, the more
00:25:17erroneous our relations, and the more based on disruptions
00:25:20that exist in Afghanistan and regional countries, the more we proceed on this basis,
00:25:24in this manner, we will not be able to attract investments to Afghanistan.
00:25:28If we act with good intentions and have good
00:25:32and friendly relations with all countries of the world and proceed based on Afghanistan's
00:25:35national interests and engage in interaction, there will be no problem.
00:25:39Both Afghanistan's political problems and Afghanistan's economic
00:25:42problems will be solved, because the Afghan nation is truly tired of this predicament,
00:25:46and they want infrastructure projects. Currently, infrastructure projects are
00:25:50underway and in progress, and we hope that these projects will
00:25:54reach completion, meaning they will finish. These projects must be implemented in Afghanistan
00:25:57so that we do not witness problems in Afghanistan.
00:26:00Thank you, sir.
00:31:15What is the solution from your perspective? The solution for
00:31:18attracting foreign investments and domestic investors
00:31:21in Afghanistan is to have good relations with regional countries,
00:31:24to give them assurance, to have a well-organized
00:31:28and transparent management in all 34
00:31:32provinces of Afghanistan, and also to invest in
00:31:35Afghanistan's infrastructure. If we can make overall investments in
00:31:39education, health, resource extraction,
00:31:42investment in production, in Afghanistan's agriculture,
00:31:46in Afghanistan's banking system, and have a transit
00:31:49and logistics system in Afghanistan, these are all part
00:31:53of economic growth and prosperity. That is, it can gradually
00:31:56solve Afghanistan's economic problems slowly and steadily,
00:32:00and utilize existing capacities within Afghanistan,
00:32:04and training of intellectual capital that
00:32:07exists in Afghanistan, utilize the experiences of foreign
00:32:10countries, right, in the field of investment in various
00:32:14sectors.