The Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Taliban group says Nooruddin Azizi, the minister of this ministry, has traveled to Belarus at the head of a delegation and at the official invitation of Belarus.

This ministry said on Tuesday, September 29, in a newsletter that the purpose of this trip is to participate in the second Belarus International Industry Exhibition and to expand economic and trade cooperation between Afghanistan and Belarus.

According to information from the Taliban group’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce, industrial and agricultural cooperation and investment opportunities will also be among the axes of these meetings.

This ministry added that during Azizi’s trip, new areas of cooperation between Afghanistan and Belarus will also be examined.

Azizi is scheduled during this trip to meet with the foreign, agriculture, and industry ministers of Belarus and discuss the expansion of trade and economic cooperation.