Foreign Ministers of India, Central Asia to meet in Samarkand

The first meeting of Foreign Ministers of India – Central Asia Dialogue with participation of Afghanistan will be held in Samarkand on Jan. 12-13, the press service of the MFA said in a statement.

The meeting will be attended by heads of foreign policy offices of India – Sushma Swaraj, Kyrgyzstan – Chingiz Aydarbekov, Tajikistan – Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Turkmenistan – Rashid Meredov, Uzbekistan – Abdulaziz Kamilov, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani will join them.

Participants of the meeting will discuss promising areas of cooperation in promoting mutual trade, development of transport and logistics, attracting investment, innovation and technologies in key industries, energy, information technologies, medicine, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, as well as issues of interaction in the spheres of culture, science, education and tourism.

Following the meeting, it is planned to adopt a Joint Statement, the Ministry noted.