{"id":25374,"date":"2026-11-04T07:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/11\/04\/afghanistan-russia-expand-economic-trade-relations\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T07:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:15:16","slug":"afghanistan-russia-expand-economic-trade-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/11\/04\/afghanistan-russia-expand-economic-trade-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan and Russia Discuss Expansion of Economic and Trade Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ataullah Siddiqi, Deputy Director General of Services at the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment, met with Dmitry Zhirnov, Russia\u2019s Ambassador to Kabul, to discuss the expansion of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting took place on the sidelines of the celebration of Russia&#8217;s National Unity Day, held on Wednesday, November 25, 2026, at the Russian Embassy in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>According to an official statement from the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce, both parties emphasized increasing investment opportunities, further facilitating trade, and enhancing economic cooperation between the private sectors of Afghanistan and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the two sides agreed on identifying new areas of economic collaboration and establishing direct connections between businessmen and investors from both countries.<\/p>\n<p>These discussions come as expanding economic ties with regional countries and attracting foreign investment remain key priorities for Afghanistan\u2019s private sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan and Russia discuss expanding economic cooperation, investment opportunities, and trade facilitation during a meeting in Kabul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25374","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\/25374","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=25374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}