PM Mullah Hassan receives credentials of new Belarusian ambassador — Pajhwok

KABUL (Pajhwok): Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund has received the credentials of Alexander Ogorodnikov, the new Belarusian ambassador and special representative to Afghanistan. A statement posted on the Presidential Palace’s X account said Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister’s Office Mullah Abdul Wasi also attended the credential presentation ceremony. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways to expand political, economic and transit relations between Afghanistan and Belarus and exchanged views on strengthening cooperation in these areas, the statement said. Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund said the new phase in relations between the two countries reflected growing trust and stronger bilateral ties. He expressed hope that the new ambassador’s mission would help further expand political, economic and transit relations. He added that Afghanistan was ready to engage in comprehensive cooperation with Belarus in these areas. For his part, Alexander Ogorodnikov expressed satisfaction at the start of his diplomatic mission, saying Belarus would increase trade with Afghanistan in agriculture, food products and medicines. He also said recent visits to Belarus by various Islamic Emirate delegations had strengthened his country’s confidence in expanding relations with Afghanistan.