Second Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar mentioned that safety is now ensured in Afghanistan and that the nation is prepared for transit between South and Central Asia.

Talking on the opening ceremony of the sixth China-South Asia Exposition, Baradar urged international traders to place funds into Afghanistan.

“I say to South Asian international locations that Afghanistan is prepared for any sort of cooperation for the transit of their commodities,” he mentioned.

Baradar additionally mentioned that the state of affairs is nice for the implementation of main improvement tasks in Afghanistan.

“The existence of safety in Afghanistan induced the work on large tasks like TAPI pipeline venture to be accelerated, and different tasks like CASA-100, TAP and TUTAP be resumed,” Baradar mentioned.

The Ministry of Business and Commerce mentioned there have been a complete of 15 cubicles from Afghanistan within the exhibition.

“On this exhibition, costly industrial supplies, dry fruit and different trades had been displayed. This exhibition will hopefully improve commerce relations between us and different international locations,” mentioned Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, a spokesman for the MoIC.

The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Funding (ACIM) mentioned that resulting from issues in visa-issuing, the Afghan merchants weren’t in a position to attend this exhibition.

“There was no presence from Kabul on the exhibition. Those that had been in China attended the exhibition and Afghanistan had its cubicles,” mentioned Khanjan Alokozai, a member of the ACIM.

The exhibition is because of final till November twenty second. The Afghan merchandise being displayed on this exhibition included pine nuts, saffron and valuable stones.