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ACCI’s Vice-Chairman Mr. Muhammad Younus Muhmand, Deputy Commercial Mr. Khairuddin Mail Ahmadi, Khan Jan Alokozay, Muhammad Dawood Yousufzai and Zeyauddin Achkzai members of the ACCI’s Board of Directors, Acting Minister of the Industry and Commerce of the IEA, Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Mr. Jamshed Khwaja Youf, Uzbekistan’s ministers of Agriculture, Mines and Petroleum, Transport, Water and Energy, Deputy CEO of Uzbekistan’s Railway, Acting CEO of the ACCI Mr. Mirwais Hotak, Deputy CEO of the ACCI Mr. Muhammad Anwar Arifi, KCCI’s Vice-Chairman Mr. Ahmad Sha Hakimi and traders and investors of both countries participated in the “Afghan-Uzbek Investment Opportunities” conference.

Mr. Muhmand welcomed the participants, provided them with information about trade relations between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, and affirmed that organizing such events plays a significant role in promoting mutual trade and economic ties and relations.  

He, besides requesting the Uzbek government to provide Afghan traders with more facilities in visa issuance said that including security, no corruption, and no poppy cultivation are great opportunities to invest in Afghanistan and invited Afghan and Uzbek investors to joint ventures in different sectors in the country.

Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce said, “According to trade and economic relations, Uzbekistan is an ancient friend of Afghanistan and the economic stability of Afghanistan is crucial for the overall security of the region.”

He also requested traders and investors from both countries to invest in manufacturing fertilizers, importing wheat to the country, standardizing technology, and mechanizing agriculture.

Mr. Khwaja Youf appreciated the organization of the conference and declared that Uzbekistan’s trade and economic relations play a vital role in the economic stability of Afghanistan.

He, in addition, expressed Uzbek traders and investors’ readiness for joint ventures with Afghan traders and investors.

29th/October/2023

ACCI’s Chairman Mr. Tawakal Ahmadyar, in the presence of Mr. Mirwais Hotak Acting CEO of the ACCI, and Mr. Omid Ghafurzai, head of the International Relations Department participated in a consultative meeting of SAARC member countries and discussed the major challenges of the SAARC member and various ways to overcome them.

Mr. Ahmadyar talked about the challenges among SAARC member countries. He said that the lack of necessary facilities in issuing visas of SAARC member countries to businessmen and investors, non-compliance with TIR transit principles among these countries, and the non-implementation of preferential tariffs on imports and exports between SAARC member countries are some of the major problems of this region and emphasized on taking practical steps to solve these problems.

A consultative meeting of SAARC member countries is held every year to find solutions to the business problems of this organization, in which the representatives of the member countries participate and share their views with the participants of the meeting.

08/20/2023

ACCI’s Deputy CEO Mr. Muhammad Anwar Arifi met with the officials of Save the Children and discussed the implementation of different projects of SCI in different provinces of the country and ACCI’s cooperation in this regard.

Officials of Save the Children provided the Deputy CEO of the ACCI with information about surveys they have done especially a survey of discovering the problems that female farmers are dealing with presently.
They, furthermore, said that they have carried out surveys in 5 provinces to find the problems of female farmers and provide them with legal solutions. They are also planning to conduct such surveys in 10 more provinces and requested the ACCI’s help and inclusive cooperation.

Mr. Arifi said, “Considering the supportive activities of the ACCI, it has a tremendous experience in conducting surveys and reinforcing female entrepreneurs and can be a helping hand in running joint surveys with Save the Children.”

October/9th/2023

ACCI’s Deputy Commercial Mr. Khairuddin Mail Ahmadi, Uzbekistan’s Deputy Minister of Commerce, ACCI’s member of the Board of Directors Mr. Asmatullah Wardag, Monitoring and Evaluation Delegation’s President Mr. Abdul Hamid Hameedi, Nangarhar Chamber of Commerce and Investment NCCI’s President Mr. Gul Murad Arab, Mines and Industry Chamber, Agriculture Chamber, and Women Chamber of Commerce and Investment, and several well-known traders and investment participated in Afghan-Uzbek Private Sector’s B2B conference.

Mr. Duran pointed out this B2B conference was significant for improving the business situation between the two countries and promised to take practical steps for joint investment in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

Mr. Khairuddin Mail Ahmadi welcomed all Afghan and Uzbek traders and investors and said that the purpose of this B2B conference is to get to know each other of the businessmen of the two countries, to find business partners, and to make joint investments in different fields.
He also emphasized good trade relations between the two countries.

At this conference, businessmen and investors from both sides talked about business and investment opportunities and future plans.

08/27/2023

ACCI’s Vice-Chairman Mr. Muhammad Younus Muhmand, ACCI’s Secretary to the Board of Directors, ACCI’s Finance President Mr. Sheerin Agha Sakhi, ACCI’s President of International Relations Mr. Engineer Sayed Jawid Burhan, ACCI’s members of the Board of Directors Mr. Ziauddin Achakzai and Mr. Muhammad Dawood Yousufzai, and ACCI’s Deputy CEO Mr. Muhammad Anwar Arifi met with the Indonesian Acting Ambassador for Afghanistan Mr. Budi Rachmat Suryasaputra and discussed how to promote trade relations between Afghanistan and Indonesia, establish a trade association between the traders of both countries and build the capacity of female entrepreneurs.

Mr. Suryasaputra provided Mr. Muhmand with information about the ‘Afghan Women Capacity Building Conference’ that is going to be organized by the Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and requested ACCI’s comprehensive cooperation to introduce Afghan female entrepreneurs to this conference.

Mr. Muhmand besides welcoming Mr. Suryasaputra, affirmed that the ACCI is a leading representative of the Afghan Private Sector and traders of the country as a whole.

He, furthermore, indicated the existing investment opportunities in the country, insisted mutual trade be accelerated, and ensured ACCI’s cooperation in organizing the above-mentioned conference.

October/7th/2023