Uzbekistan will carry out restoration of the Mazar-i-Sharif international airport, Balkh province, announced the special representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev.
A group of 30 technical specialists has already been seconded to Mazar-i-Sharif to work on the restoration of the facility.
According to Qudratullah Abu Hamza, the governor of Balkh province, the parties also discussed the Trans-Afghan railway project, lending for the supply of electricity.
The Deputy Minister of Aviation and Transport Affairs Hasibullah Suroush said that the parties agreed that Uzbek specialists would arrange the operation of all aviation equipment, a control tower, a fire station, lighting
In addition, 83 airport employees will go to Uzbekistan for training.
