Saturday December 16, 2012
Kabul (BNA) Mohammad Karim Khalili second vice-president chaired the Economic Committee meeting of the Council of Ministers (CM) yesterday at the presence of chairman and members of the House of People natural resources and environment committee and discussed the mines contracts of the country.
Khalili expressed pleasure over the participation of the House of People’s commission chairman and members and consider the parliament an important part of the government and hoped that creation of the atmosphere of talks among the three state powers, some of the questions and ambiguities on big issues of the country are resolved through these talks.
The chairman and members of the House of People commission discussed issues pertaining to the Ainak copper mine, Hajigak, Petroleum zone of Amu Darya and the law on mines and thereafter Minister of Mines shed light on each of these areas and the participated members discussed them in details.
Considering the important of the Ainak copper mine in the growth of the economy of the country, the participants emphasized on its implementation.
The contract of petroleum of Amu Darya zone was also discussed and in order to ensure transparency of the contract, it was decided that joint meetings are held between the mines ministry and members of the House of People commission.
The meeting also decided that in order to encourage investment, the ministry of justice should accelerate the process of the law on mines and hydrocarbon should be referred to the CM as soon as possible.
The contract on Hajigak mine was also discussed in details and it was emphasized that joint meetings be held between the ministry and the commission of the House of People so that transparency is ensured in this respect.
