TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, May 11. Afghanistan has
allocated 2,000 hectares of land at the Hairatan border crossing
with Uzbekistan for the establishment of a special economic zone,
Trend reports via the
Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Afghanistan.
The initiative was announced during a meeting between
Afghanistan’s Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi and
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Karakalpakstan
of Uzbekistan Amanbai Orynbaev in Mazar-i-Sharif.
According to the proposal, the planned economic zone is intended
to support investment projects in key sectors and expand industrial
and trade activity in the border area.
Afghan authorities also invited Uzbek investors to participate
in the development of the project.
