KABUL, 09 October 2021, (TON): Local news agency reports “Uzbekistan and the Taliban movement will soon hold talks in the Uzbek city of Termez on the construction of the Termez-Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway. This was reported by the press service of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry following the meetings of the delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov with the Taliban, held in Kabul on October 7.”

First, Kamilov held talks with the deputy head of the interim government for political issues, Mulla Abdul Kabir. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdul Salam Hanafi, Ministers of Transport and Civil Aviation, Public Works, Energy and Water Resources of Afghanistan. Then he spoke separately with acting. Foreign Minister Mawlavi Amirhon Muttaki.

At the upcoming meeting in Termez, the parties will discuss a number of issues of trade and economic nature, including the implementation of the construction project for the Surkhan-Puli-Khumri transmission line.

The Taliban have pledged to ensure the safety of Uzbek specialists involved in the implementation of infrastructure projects in Afghanistan.

The press service of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said “the official Kabul also firmly stated that there would never be any threat to the security of brotherly Uzbekistan from the territory of Afghanistan.”

“The language and culture of our Uzbek compatriots, who have lived in Afghanistan for a long time, will continue to develop under the new government.”