Afghan Interim Government is about to sign a gasoline procurement contract with Russia

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 30th. Many temporary Afghan government officials confirmed that Afghanistan is about to sign a procurement contract with Russia and Russia. The two parties are on the final stage of the contract text.

On the 29th, Reuters quoted Hibelhman Harbip, a spokesman for the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Afghanistan, and a official delegation led by the Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce went to Moscow, Russia to purchase products such as Russia, natural gas and oil Talk about contracts with Russia. He said the details will be announced after the contract is signed.

A source of the Office of the Minister of Industry and Commerce told Reuters reporters that after a ministerial delegation visited Russia this month, technical officials from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Finance stayed in Moscow to engage in the formulation of contracting contracts.

According to this official, Afghanistan "almost reached an agreement on gasoline and benzene (procurement contracts)", and it is expected that the contract will be officially signed soon.

The interviews by the above two officials may refer to the agent of the Agent Ministry of Industry and Commerce in mid -August to visit Russia and hold a trade dialogue with the Russian side.

Both Afghanistan and Russia have suffered sanctions such as the United States and other countries, and the bank trading system is affected. A -temporary government officials said that the two parties had planned plans for how to pay, but it was not convenient to disclose specific details.

After the Taliban re -controlled in August last year, the US government frozen the Afghan central bank in the United States about $ 7 billion in foreign exchange reserves in the United States, which led to a shortage of foreign exchange foreign exchange and the domestic economic situation deteriorated. The Afghanistan condemned the US illegal occupation of Ah assets and asked to return these assets as soon as possible to the people.

According to Reuters, although the Assets of the Bank of Australia were frozen and the banking system was sanctioned, and the interim government has not been widely recognized by the international community, some countries still have traded with Afghanistan to help them enter the international market. Count tons of coal.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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