The Afghan Ministry of Trade announces that “the Taliban government is about to end talks on contracts to supply wheat, gas and oil from Russia.”
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Afghanistan: The Taliban government is close to concluding a contract to purchase gasoline from Russia
Officials in the Afghan Ministry of Trade told Archyde.com that the Taliban government is in the final stages of talks in Moscow on the terms of a contract to buy gasoline from Russia.
Habib Rahman Habib, a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Trade and Industry, confirmed that an official delegation headed by the Ministry of Trade is visiting the Russian capital and finalizing contracts for the supply of wheat, gas and oil.
“They are conducting negotiations with the Russian side,” he said in a message to “Archyde.com”, adding that they will send the details once the contracts are completed.
A source in the office of the Minister of Trade and Industry also informed that technical officials from the ministry and the Ministry of Finance remained in Moscow to work on completing these contracts after a visit by a ministerial delegation this month.
It is said that The Afghan government asked to import about one million barrels of oil per day from Russiain the middle of this month, stressing that it wants to increase the volume of trade with Russia.