Afghanistan and Russia signed five memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on Friday, paving the way for expanded cooperation in transportation, trade, and gas exploration.
The agreements were formalized during a meeting between Russian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Alexey Overchuk and Afghan Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, held on the sidelines of the 16th Kazan Forum in Tatarstan.
According to Taliban interim administration deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat, the MoUs cover the development of transport and transit links, as well as the expansion of trade relations between the two countries’ chambers of commerce.
Both sides also agreed to work together on the exploration, extraction, and refining of oil and gas in Afghanistan, along with developing regional trade and establishing an industrial-logistics complex.