Development of Afghanistan was on the agenda at the meeting in preparation for the Warsaw summit in July

Almaty. June 7. Silkroadnews – Afghan Finance Minister Eklil Ahmad Hakimi opened the forum for the VII Oversight Coordination Board meeting in preparation for Warsaw NATO summit and Brussels conference, Afghanistan’s ministry of finance reported.

The minister highlighted the important pillars to ensure success in meeting the republic’s Chicago commitments. In particular, he said about the economic growth and jobs by strengthening the priority areas driving economic growth; including agriculture, extractives, energy, trade, and transit. Second, a focus to enable growth through; improvement of economic governance, building a sound financial sector, speeding up the reforms and removing the red tape. The recent endorsement of the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) by the High Economic Council is expected to achieve this objective. Third, to invest in building a productive human capital regime that focuses on a demand drive model. Fourth, to invest in sustainable health, education, and social services. He also noted “we will rebuild the trust between citizens and the state”.

Regional cooperation is called an important pillar of the country’s foreign policy. Just last month CASA-1000 was inaugurated, TAPI pipeline was launched in December 2015, also the Indo-Afghan friendship dam was inaugurated recently.

As the Afghan government prepares for the NATO Summit in Warsaw in July and the Brussels Conference in October it shall take a combined commitment from the stakeholders to work closely in the weeks to come in order to continue on the trajectory of success in realizing major gains in the republic’s reform commitments.

Afghanistan has been ground zero for terrorism and extremism; the spread of this terror has expanded to our region and the world, the publication states.

“We share a common enemy as extremism has no borders. As such, this is a shared burden of responsibility and a fight against a shared enemy”, the publication by the ministry of finance says.