KABUL: (MEP) – Italy pledged to provide $200 million to the government of Afghanistan which will be spent on three key projects in western Herat province of Afghanistan.
Officials in the ministry of finance of Afghanistan said that a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Afghan government and Italy in Herat province on Tuesday.
The aid will be spent on three key projects including development of Herat airport, construction of Herat ring road and Herat-Chest Sharif highway.
The latest aid is part of Italy’s economic cooperation to Afghanistan which was signed between the Afghan finance minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal and the representative of Italy in Herat province.
Local officials in western Herat province, said, around $40 million of the aid will be spent for the development project in Herat airport.
Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, said, the projects will be completed within the next three or four years once the funds have been received by the government of Afghanistan.
The Italian officials said that Italy will remain committed to provide further aid to Afghanistan, specifically in western Herat province of Afghanistan, in the years to come.
Italy is among the major donors to Afghanistan and the main areas of the Italian programs are Herat and the neighbor Provinces of Farah and Badghis in western Afghanistan.
The country has also deployed hundreds of peace-keeping soldiers under the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan, which are mainly based in Herat province.
