{"id":10253,"date":"2026-04-07T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/07\/central-asia-countries-expand-economic-relations-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:00:22","slug":"central-asia-countries-expand-economic-relations-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/07\/central-asia-countries-expand-economic-relations-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Central Asian Countries Express Willingness to Expand Relations with Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives from five Central Asian countries announced their readiness and willingness to expand economic cooperation with Afghanistan at a conference held in Kabul, describing the country as an important economic partner.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, initiated by the Taliban administration\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, focused on developing trade relations, strengthening regional connectivity, and increasing economic collaboration between Afghanistan and Central Asian countries.<\/p>\n<p>Participants emphasized Afghanistan\u2019s geographical position at the heart of the region, highlighting its significance in linking Central Asia with South Asia. They regarded the development of joint cooperation as beneficial for the stability and economic growth of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Central Asia comprises five countries\u2014Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan\u2014that have, in recent years, prioritized economic and transit relations with Afghanistan in their regional dialogue agendas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Central Asian countries show readiness to boost economic ties and regional connectivity with Afghanistan, emphasizing shared stability and growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}