On December 14, a humanitarian cargo with food, textile, and household products, as well as oil products was delivered from Turkmenistan to neighboring Afghanistan.
Report informs that during the December 10, 2021, expanded government meeting, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow signed an order on sending humanitarian cargo to Afghanistan. The document was signed "in order to continue, on a systematic and regular basis, assistance and comprehensive support to neighboring Afghanistan in the economic, social and humanitarian spheres".
In accordance with the document, today Turkmenistan ensured the delivery of humanitarian aid to the fraternal Afghan people, which consists of 1,200 tons of cargo for various purposes, in particular, textile products, food products, as well as 20 railway tanks of Turkmen oil products.
A delegation from Turkmenistan took part in the ceremony for the humanitarian cargo. Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai, the head of Herat province Nur Ahmad Islamjar, as well as other high-ranking officials of various departments of Afghanistan, attended the ceremony.
It is important to note that neutral Turkmenistan systematically provides all-around support in the socio-economic revival of the neighboring country, and also invariably comes out from the standpoint of resolving the situation in Afghanistan exclusively by peaceful political and diplomatic means.