The ا.ا.ا Minister of Public Health, Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali, has met a Russian delegation and representatives of the Russian Embassy in Kabul to discuss expanding health cooperation between the two countries, the ministry said in a statement.
According to the ministry, the talks focused on building the capacity of Afghan health workers in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Jalali said training professional and specialist medical staff was key to improving the quality of health services, and called for the two countries to exchange experience, specialist knowledge and skills.
The Russian delegation shared its views on widening bilateral health cooperation and assured the Afghan side that it was ready to work together in the areas discussed, the statement added. The ministry gave no details of any specific agreement, timeline or funding.
Earlier this month, on 3 October, Jalali met Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko during a visit to Russia and asked for Russian medicines, vaccines and medical equipment. According to media reports, Kabul halted medicine imports from Pakistan in November 2025; Jalali has said Pakistan previously supplied 60 to 70 percent of Afghanistan's medicines.
Russia was the first country to formally recognise the ا.ا.ا government. Moscow's special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, has also said a delegation led by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk will visit Afghanistan.
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to comment.