Herat Governor Noor Ahmad Islam Jar met with Batyr Yolov, Turkmenistan’s Consul General in Herat, to discuss expanding economic cooperation, increasing trade through the Torghundi border crossing, and developing the Herat–Torghundi railway project.
During the meeting, Islam Jar said transit and trade exchanges between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan through the Torghundi border crossing have increased, adding that further development of the route could play an important role in strengthening economic and trade relations between the two countries.
The Herat governor described the Herat–Torghundi railway project as an important initiative for improving connectivity between the northern and southern parts of the region. He said the project could open new routes for regional trade and transit.
Yolov, meanwhile, said the issues discussed during the meeting would be followed up and conveyed to relevant authorities in Turkmenistan.
He added that comprehensive efforts would be made to expand transit routes and increase trade volume through the Torghundi border crossing, stressing that cooperation between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan in this area would continue.
