Today, Uzbekistan NSC Advisor & Special Representative of the President for Foreign Policy Abdul Aziz Kamilov & the Uzbek President’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Ismatullah[...]

to discuss Afghan-Uzbek bilateral relations, current situation, enhanced transit, & trade.

Mr. Kamilov called Afghanistan's security interconnected to that of his country, adding that the two sides should work closely on bilateral trade and better transit.

Mr. Kamilov highlighted the upcoming high-level political & economic conference among regional & world countries & institutions hosted by Uzbekistan in July, & invited Foreign Minister Muttaqi to attend the same.

Minister Muttaqi thanked Mr. Kamilov for visiting Kabul & congratulated him for assuming the new tenure, expressing gratitude to the government of Uzbekistan for cooperating with the Afghan people in political, economic & humanitarian areas, expressing satisfaction over the dominant good neighborliness environment between the two countries.Minister Muttaqi said that the need of hour is to adapt to changing international order & make positive use of it. He also said the Afghan delegation headed by the Ministry of Trade was ready to visit Uzbekistan to discuss enhanced trade to build economic self-reliance.To end, the two sides stressed the continuation of such meetings to make positive progress in the two countries' common interests.