Afghanistan: China to Issue Visas for Afghan Businesspeople

KABUL, 29 June 2022, (TON): MoFA announced “in a meeting with the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi, the ambassador of China, Wang Yu, expressed China’s readiness to facilitate visas for Afghan businesspeople in Afghanistan.”

Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said “Muttaqi urged Beijing to address the problems of the Afghan traders in issuing visas.”

Following the outbreak of Pandemic and political changes in Afghanistan, China stopped issuing visas for Afghan traders. 

He said “the two sides agreed to accelerate the transportation of pine nuts.” 

The head of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment, Khairullah Khairkhwa, said “Lack of visas is a big and serious problem for businessmen and the private sector, especially with China because we import goods as well as raw materials for our factories.”

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