The Islamic Emirate Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund met with Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Sardor Umarzakov on Tuesday afternoon.

High ranking officials of the Islamic Emirate government, including Abdul Salam Hanafi, deputy of the PM, Amir Kahn Muttaqi, acting foreign minister, and Noruddin Azizi, acting minister of commerce were present at the meeting.

The office of the Prime Minister said that the issues of close cooperation and implementations of some important projects were discussed with the Uzbek delegation.

The deputy prime minister of Uzbekistan said that Afghanistan is an important in connecting Central Asia with South Asia and there is a need to take steps toward launching projects.