The signing of an MoU between the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Afghanistan Development Studies Center

August 3, 2021

The MoU between the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Afghanistan Development Studies Center was signed by Mr. Nisar Ahmad Ghoryani, Minister of Industry and Commerce, and Dr. Fardeen Hashemi, Director of the Afghanistan Development Studies Center.

During the signing ceremony, Mr. Nisar Ahmad Ghoryani said, the Afghanistan Development Studies Center for Scientific-Technical Cooperation, WTO, Afghanistan 2nd National Peace and Development Plan, Sustainable Development Goals, research projects, seminars, and training workshops and to achieve the approved goals, will start cooperation with this ministry.

Mr. Ghoryani added, based on this MoU, the cooperation between the ministry and the Afghanistan Development Studies Center will include documents and conventions related to growth, economic, and trade cooperation in the region and the world.

At the ceremony, Dr. Fardeen Hashemi said, the main goal is to localize scientific-technical research on economic development, industrial development, trade-transit growth, and Afghanistan's position in regional economic development.

Mr. Hashemi added, based on this memorandum, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and this center will start cooperation in the direction of scientific and technical research in the fields of economic, industrial, commercial-transit development and branding, marketing, and applied training.

The MoIC has signed various scientific-applied and technical memorandums with various scientific and research institutions and universities to conduct scientific-technical and applied research.