UAE, Afghanistan hold bilateral talks
September 5th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANSDubai, Sep 4 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan have held bilateral talks, emphasising on the areas of transport and civil aviation.
The discussion was held between UAE Economy Minister Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri and Dawood Ali Al Najefi, Afghanistan’s minister for transport and civil aviation.
The two ministers also talked about ways to further enhance the framework of cooperation and transfer the UAE’s experience in the field of aviation to Afghanistan.
Al Mansouri stressed keenness of the UAE to support Afghanistan with its experience in the fields of transport and civil aviation.
On his part, the Afghani minister commended the relations between the two countries, indicating that his government was keen to benefit from the UAE’s experience in strategic fields.
He noted that the annual volume of trade between the UAE and Afghanistan stands at 2 billion dirhams ($253 million).
–IANS/WAM
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