Taliban agreed to import 350,000 tonnes of oil from Iran, agreed to set up a joint committee
The friendship between the Taliban and Iran is growing. Iran has extended a helping hand for the poor Afghanistan. With which Iran has signed an agreement with the Taliban to import 3.5 million tonnes of oil.
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The Taliban signed a deal with an Iranian firm to buy 350,000 tonnes of oil at a time when petrol prices in Afghanistan are skyrocketing. The media gave this information citing the Ministry of Finance of the Taliban.
The ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the visiting Afghan delegation has signed a contract with an Iranian firm to buy 350,000 tonnes of oil.
The Afghan delegation included high officials from the Taliban's Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Bank, the Afghanistan Oil and Gas Corporation and the Afghanistan National Standards Authority.
During their visit to Iran, the delegation discussed oil procurement, rates and petroleum products in Afghanistan. Khama Press reported that an Iranian company signed a contract to buy 350,000 tonnes of oil.
The two sides also agreed to set up a joint committee to propose ways to facilitate trade and transportation of petroleum products to Afghanistan, establish gas pipelines for energy imports and build refineries, the ministry statement said. expressed.
Quality, rates, transit and trade facilities were discussed. A joint committee has been constituted for the construction of gas pipeline and construction of joint refineries. According to the ministry, the import deal is also to regulate and reduce fuel prices in Afghanistan.
Earlier also, the acting Afghan foreign minister said after his visit to Tehran in January that Iran would allow shipments of oil and gas to Afghanistan.
According to news agency Amir Khan Muttaki in an interview said, 'Actually, Afghanistan needs more oil and gas, so we had meetings with Iran and Iranian officials told us that if we can get through Iran from other countries. Iran is ready to allow transit through its territory if it wants to import.'
Muttaki described the two days of meetings with Iranian officials as good and the state of Afghan-Iranian relations satisfactory. He suggested that more meetings be held with Iran on fuel supplies.
Inflation has become a major cause of concern for many countries due to the war in Ukraine. The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has caused continued unrest and a serious food crisis in the country, with the latest emerging as a spike in food and oil prices.
