Taliban Foreign Minister: When businessmen from other countries come to Afghanistan, why don’t Iranian businessmen take advantage of this opportunity?

, the Taliban foreign minister met and talked with a number of economic activists of the two countries during his trip to the holy Mashhad and invited them to play a more active role in order to be present in the Afghan market and take advantage of the available opportunities.

Amir Khan Motaghi spoke in this meeting on several axes, including the explanation of the current political, economic and cultural situation in Afghanistan and the relations between Kabul and Tehran; The most important part of his speech is as follows:

I hope we will have a very good future together

Dear brothers, respected businessmen, officials and authorities of the province and city of Mashhad, and other brothers, we are very happy to be present in this huge and sincere gathering.

First of all, we would like to thank the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the governor of Khorasan Razavi; from their warm welcome and hospitality that really gave us a feeling of brotherhood. Alhamdulillah, both countries, which were designed to create discord and create distance between two neighboring Muslim countries, have failed and for now there is an atmosphere of trust between the two countries. This gives us and you hope that we will have a very good future together. /strong>

The current government of Afghanistan follows and emphasizes two main principles in its foreign policy; Balanced and economy-oriented policy.

Balanced policy in the sense that it has declared seeking relations with all neighboring countries, the region and the world based on respect Reciprocating and emptying the field of Afghan politics from the negative competition of big and regional countries. Second, the country’s policy is economy-oriented; Economy-oriented policy in the sense that we want to move forward with other countries both in politics and in the economy to the extent that it is beneficial for both sides; We do not seek one-sided profit and we believe in the interests of others in economic relations.

The new government believes in the dignity and position of economic activists and respect

Dear brothers! National merchants and industrialists have a special place in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. After the new developments in the country and the escape of the occupiers and after the US, NATO and their partners left the country, the Islamic Emirate with a comprehensive view of all the economic activists of the country, even the businessmen who in the past 20 years, even if they worked with the previous government with external poles announced: “The homeland is your homeland and you can serve this homeland.” As a result of this view, all the merchants All chambers of commerce and their organizations remained in the country and Alhamdulillah led to a short-term economic growth; Afghanistan is currently among the 20 countries in the world where prices are declining.

Focus on solving the problems of economic operators It is

The leader of the Islamic Emirate, Mr. Amir al-Mominin Sahib, also pays special attention to traders and always advises the authorities about this. Accordingly, in the formation of the government, an economic deputy for the prime minister was considered, which is headed by “Molla Baradar”. With this goal, what problems do businessmen have? Which work should be done? Which problem to solve? Alhamdulillah, it gave a very good result. Two years ago [the Taliban regained power] 120 factories and workshops were active, and in these two years this number has reached 720 factories and workshops.

Bode, announced that Herat Industrial Park no longer has the capacity to establish new factories and we should think about creating a second industrial zone in this city; That means, Alhamdulillah, the situation is getting better day by day.

When businessmen from other countries come to Afghanistan, why don’t Iranian businessmen use the investment opportunities?

Now the field of work in Afghanistan is ready for all economic activists; No one takes a bribe from him, he does not take a ransom, he does not cause anxiety to him, his work is done with transparency and it is over; He will come by himself, so you business owners of both Iran and Afghanistan can come and invest; Afghanistan has many opportunities, for example, it has fresh soil and fresh water, many activities can be done in the field of agriculture; It has very good mines that are beneficial to both parties. When businessmen come from far away to invest here, why not come from near! Why don’t you come to invest from Iran?!

The Islamic Emirate has provided complete security for economic activities

The Islamic Emirate has been able to provide security to the people in the shortest time; From Badakhshan to Herat, from Faryab to Helmand, day and night, if a merchant goes, if a capitalist goes, if a laborer goes, no one will attack him. One of the businessmen of the country told us that before the arrival of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, 20% of our profit was the cost of providing security! Now not a single percent is spent, well this is a benefit.

We will turn Afghanistan into the transit center of the region

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is determined to turn the country into the transit center of the region; Now Afghanistan has gradually become a transit center and an economic center. The government has decided to connect with China through “Wakhan”, the Wakhan Corridor. In the same way, the agent of the connection between North and South, China, Central Asia, to Iran and through Iran, this global connection.

With confidence Come to invest; There is not even one Wajab of Afghanistan in the hands of the opposition. For the sake of your assurance, I say that in 34 provinces (provinces) of Afghanistan, in 104 districts (cities) of Afghanistan, in thousands of villages of Afghanistan, not one village, one acre, one meter of land is in the hands of the opposition. There is no conflict in any of them; The centers that ISIS had in Afghanistan and were under the control of the previous government or the previous administration of the invaders have all been destroyed in a year or a year and a half. So anyone can come and invest very confidently.

The world, especially the West, tried to make the current government fail; [In this regard] the capital we had in the United States was about 9 billion dollars, they blocked everything, imposed many sanctions and sought the collapse of Afghan banks, but Alhamdulillah the banks were saved from collapse and more and more He stands on his feet. You know that previously, the value of the Afghan currency was equal to the dollar, one Afghani was equal to 130 dollars, but now this parity has reached 1 to 69; Perhaps in the world, the Afghan currency is the only currency whose value rises against the dollar. This issue indicates good measures taken by the current government.

Also, corruption has disappeared, bribery has disappeared, when No corruption, no bribery, no bureaucracy, a very good platform has been provided for business. We do not have

Another issue that brings us and you closer to each other is that the sovereignty over religious issues, that Sunnis and Whether you are a Jamaat or a Shiite, it does not care about these issues; He respects everyone and considers everyone’s rights.

History shows that Persian and Pashto were and are our two official languages; In the government, we have ministers from every ethnic group. Alhamdulillah, we have different appointments from every province and every region. There is no regulationism, there is no ethnocentrism, there is no commander-in-chief, there is no al-Tawaifi monarchy, there is only one system and that is an Islamic system in which justice prevails. In all of Afghanistan, not a single high-ranking official is allowed to attack citizens. Come and see the facts of Afghanistan closely

The advice I have in my last words is that dear brothers! There is a lot of propaganda against the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan; Do not pay attention to these advertisements and come and see the facts of Afghanistan closely; Ask those who come from inside the country for the facts, not the western propaganda. The West has lost a 20-year battle against us, and now to compensate for this great defeat, it has launched a propaganda front against us. We don’t expect the enemy to fall on us, but we hope that they will slowly understand the facts of Afghanistan, and that the nations and then the governments will also understand the new Afghanistan.

We pray that the Almighty God will grant victory to the oppressed people of Gaza and Palestine; May God destroy the tyrants and the occupiers who brought this situation on the oppressed. See, in the last 80 days, more than 20,000 Palestinian people, most of whom are children and women, have been martyred! This cruelty will not last; We condemn these cruel attacks by the Zionist regime and its collaborators and defend the rights of the Palestinian people. And the last prayer is praise be to God, Lord of the worlds; Thank you for your attention.

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