KABUL (SW) – Amir Khan Muttaqi, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate, has left for Turkmenistan as the head of a delegation to discuss various bilateral issues between Kabul and Ashgabat.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote on X that Amir Khan Muttaqi went to Turkmenistan at the official invitation of Rashid Mordov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of this country.
In addition to Amir Khan Muttaqi, Shahabuddin Dilawar, Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, the officials from the Afghanistan Railway Authority (ARA) and the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) are present in the formation of this delegation, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
However, some experts hope that the visit of this delegation of the Islamic Emirate can be beneficial in order to alleviate the Central Asian countries’ concerns, especially Turkmenistan, about Afghanistan and strengthen economic coolaboration between the two countries.
Abdul Jabbar Akbari, expert on political issues, says: “It is good that Mr. Muttaqi can bring a satisfactory result to Afghanistan in this discourse and provide the satisfaction of other countries in the security sector and make it clear to the countries that Afghanistan is not a haven for terrorism also not the same kind of strategic confrontation between countries; Afghanistan wants to open a door connecting the region economically and politically with other countries.”
Mohammad Baqer Mohseni, another expert on political issues, believes that such efforts of the Islamic Emirate in the current situation may have beneficial economic results for Afghanistan, however the desired political outcome of these relations between the Islamic Emirate and other countries requires a series of changes in the internal policy of this government.
Turkmenistan is one of the countries that has continued its relations with Afghanistan under the rule of the Islamic Emirate in various fields, and currently Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have good trade relationships. However, despite these relatively good commercial and political relations, the practical work of some joint economic projects of the two countries, including the TAPI and TOP projects, has not been resumed in Afghanistan for more than two years.
On Saturday, Yu Xia Yong, China’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, announced that Turkmenistan will host the next meeting of foreign ministers of the region regarding Afghanistan.
