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Khalili Chairs Economic Committee of Council of Ministers Session

Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Kabulk (BNA) Mohammad Karim Khalili second Vice-President chaired the meeting of Economic Committee of Council of Ministers as head of the committee.
The meeting initially discussed the contract for investment between the House Building Enterprise and a Russian Company for building of 100,000 apartment houses in Kabul.  The Minister of Urban Development provided information about the contract.
The committee considering the importance of the investment in house building discussed some problems of the contract and decided that a commission to be formed composed of representatives of the  ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Justice and Urban Development led by senior economic advisor of presidential office to review the contract and refer its views to the CM economic committee.
The meeting also discussed issuing license for tankers with number plates of Turkmenistan and transporting petroleum products to Afghanistan because the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation reported that for some time the owners of tankers in Herat are complaining that Turkmenistan vehicles are transporting petroleum to Herat with that country’s number plates and it causes problems for Afghan tankers.  The Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Chambers of Commerce and Industries also stated that the vehicles owned by the Afghan traders, due to high passage costs using the number plates of Turkmenistan.  The meeting decided that for two months the traders should be allowed to continue import of petroleum products from Turkmenistan and during this period the tankers should be organized in a union and they should carry on their obligations before the government of Afghanistan.  In another part of the meeting the proposal for creation of Development Company of Nangarhar Valley was presented by Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation.  He assured that this company can bring about immense economic benefits and considering its importance, the ministry proposed it as a limited government company.  The meeting appreciated the ministry’s efforts for development this perception and the members expressed their technical viewpoints and confirmed the proposal and expressed hope that the company can better serve economic progress in country.
The draft proposal for support to the leather industry was another topic of discussion at the meeting.  The draft proposal has been prepared by the ministry of Commerce and Industries arguing that Afghanistan has been an important producer of leather and Qaraqul skin and development of this industry can create jobs for the jobless and saving of foreign currency.
The meeting after precise discussion of the proposal confirmed it.  With respect to the municipality proposal for procurement of financial resources for buying of 30 garbage collecting vehicles, the committee meeting decided that the needed resources for this should be prepared during the coming year.
 

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