Afghanistan and Turkmenistan companies have signed more than 10 contracts and two memorandums of understanding on construction materials, including iron bars, paint, marble and food materials.The contracts were signed during the trip of a Turkmen business delegation to Herat province and in the presence of Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce.&There is excellent opportunity for the expansion of trade and economic relations between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, which both sides should take full advantage of,& Azizi said at the signing ceremony of these contracts, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce on Tuesday.The Ministry of Industry and Commerce pointed out that the contracts were inked as a follow-up to visit of the acting minister to Turkmenistan and meeting with its national leader Gurbanguly Berdi Mohammadov.Earlier, the delegation from Turkmenistan'sprivate sector said that their goal is to expand economic relations between the private sectors of the two countries.
They said they are hoping to buy hundreds of tons of construction materials from Afghan industrialists every year.The post Afghanistan and Turkmenistan firms sign over 10 contracts on construction, food materials first appeared on Ariana News.