KABUL: Belarusian Ambassador to Afghanistan Alexander Sergeyevich Ogorodnikov has pledged to expand cooperation with Afghanistan’s healthcare system during a meeting with Minister of Public Health Mawlavi Noor Jalal Jalali.
According to the Ministry of Public Health’s post on X, the meeting focused on Afghanistan’s healthcare system and opportunities to strengthen health cooperation between the two countries.
Jalali discussed sharing healthcare workers’ experience, importing medicines from Belarus and organising capacity-building programmes for Afghan health professionals.
He said Afghanistan currently offers good investment opportunities in pharmaceutical manufacturing, diagnostic facilities and hospital construction, adding that the two countries could work together in these areas without obstacles.
The Belarusian ambassador, meanwhile, said he would seek closer engagement with Afghanistan’s healthcare system and work to expand medical cooperation between the two countries.