{"id":20425,"date":"2026-04-22T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20425"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:15:09","slug":"afghan-uzbek-officials-plant-friendship-tree-to-boost-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/22\/afghan-uzbek-officials-plant-friendship-tree-to-boost-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan, Uzbek officials plant \u2018Friendship Tree\u2019 to boost ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Nooruddin Azizi, Afghanistan\u2019s Minister of Industry and Commerce, and his accompanying delegation in the Namangan region of Uzbekistan planted a symbolic \u201cAfghan\u2013Uzbek Friendship Tree\u201d during an official visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement from the ministry on Wednesday, the visit also included tours of textile facilities to explore advanced technologies in cotton processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials from both sides discussed expanding bilateral trade and increasing Afghan exports, particularly cotton and coal to Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azizi encouraged Uzbek investors to invest in Afghanistan\u2019s textile industry, mineral processing, and pharmaceutical production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Afghan delegation also met with representatives from the agriculture and livestock sector, traders, and cotton industry stakeholders, as well as Namangan officials, to exchange experiences on modern cotton cultivation methods and improving yields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The visit follows a recent trip by Namangan\u2019s governor and a group of Uzbek investors to Afghanistan, where several trade agreements were signed with Afghan businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Nooruddin Azizi, Afghanistan\u2019s Minister of Industry and Commerce, and his accompanying delegation in the Namangan region of Uzbekistan planted a symbolic \u201cAfghan\u2013Uzbek Friendship Tree\u201d during an official visit. According to a statement from the ministry on Wednesday, the visit also included tours of textile facilities to explore advanced technologies in cotton processing. Officials from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20427,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20425\/revisions\/20427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}