The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the acting government of Afghanistan announced that Hedayatullah Badri, the acting minister of the ministry, met and discussed with the Minister of Mines and Exploration of the country during his visit to Uzbekistan.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Economic Minister of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Acting Government of Afghanistan, met with Jamshid Khajaev, Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, in Tashkent and discussed trade relations between the two countries.