Officials from Iran and Afghanistan signed a joint cooperation document in the field of international road transport.
In a bid to strengthen bilateral trade, Iran and Afghanistan have reportedly reduced border tariffs of transit of goods, according to an official with the knowledge of the matter.
The deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) for international affairs said the ground has been paved for the exchange of goods using the Iranian rial with Afghanistan and Russia, which have signed bilateral monetary pacts with Iran.
Head of Mashhad Chamber of Commerce, a local Iranian chamber of commerce in Khorasan Razavi Province which shares large borders with Afghanistan, says Iran private sector stands ready to play a more enhanced role in Afghanistan’s economy.
Head of Iran-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce say Iran’s partnership in the reconstruction of Afghanistan would bring benefits to the Iranian market.
Senior Afghan officials have called for the participation of Iran’s private sector in Afghanistan’s mining sector.
The economic adviser of special envoy to Iranian president in Afghanistan affairs said that Iran has a 35 percent share in Afghanistan’s import market, which is a considerable figure in bilateral trade ties.
The head of Afghanistan’s railway department has visited the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad to coordinate efforts to complete the final section of the Khaf-Herat railway project.
Iranian lawmakers have approved a bill to establish the Dogharoon Special Economic Zone on the Iran-Afghanistan border.
A railway has been relaunched to link Khaf in northeastern Iran to Rozanak in Afghanistan’s Herat Province.