Turkish and Kyrgyz companies are interested in Afghan gold, copper, and lead deposits – the Taliban offered them to participate in tenders in Kunduz and Faryab.
Kabul
The Kyrgyz Company “Allatoy” has expressed its intention to engage in the extraction of gold and antimony, as well as in the training of Afghan technical specialists, Sputnik Afghanistan reports.
Recently, the acting head of the Ministry of Mines and Industry of the “Taliban” Shahabuddin Delawar held negotiations with potential investors interested in cooperation. Among them was a representative of the aforementioned company from Kyrgyzstan, which announced its intentions in Afghanistan.
According to the agency’s report, there is no detailed information available in open sources about this Kyrgyz Company, nor about who exactly represented it in the negotiations in Afghanistan.
Following other post-Soviet countries in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan has expressed readiness to develop mutually beneficial relations with Afghanistan.
In January 2024, the Kyrgyzstan government sent delegates to Kabul to discuss trade and economic cooperation issues.
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Official sources in Kyrgyzstan claim that the visits of officials have become an important step in the development of long-term and friendly relations, as reported by “Rossiyskaya Gazeta.”
In February 2024, a Kyrgyz delegation representing two ministries of Kyrgyzstan – the Ministry of Economy and Commerce headed by Daniyar Amangel’diyev and the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry – visited Kabul. The officials were accompanied by a group of businessmen.
During this meeting, the Kyrgyz guest discussed with the acting head of the Ministry of Mines and Industry of the “Taliban,” Shahabuddin Delawar, the development of mineral deposits, including the extraction of iron ore, antimony, and oil. Special attention was given to the possibility of conducting joint training seminars for specialists from both countries.
Delawar also met with a representative of the Turkish company “Yıldızlar Yatırım Holding.”
Interestingly, representing him in Kabul was Ali Vahit Atydzi, a current consultant of the Turkish Ministry of Finance and a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party in Turkey.
Both the Turkish and Kyrgyz companies are interested in Afghan gold, copper, and lead deposits – the Taliban offered them to participate in tenders in Kunduz and Faryab.
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Courtesy: Central Asian Light (Posted on March 19, 2024)
