Mini oil refinery started to work in Afghanistan thanks to private investor from Azerbaijan
In the coming years Azerbaijan plans to invest about $1-2 billion into Afghanistan's economy. These funds are planned to be invested into various sectors of economy, Dashgyn Shikarov, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Afghanistan, said yesterday in his interview to ATV private Azerbaijani TV channel.
Ambassador said that private investors from Azerbaijan are already present at the Afghanistan market. "Five years ago Azerbaijani investor with his Afghanistan partner have invested $30 million into construction of a mini oil refinery in Mazari Sharif. Earlier the enterprise has refined 500 tons of oil a day, at present its capacity has already reached up to 1000 tons a day," diplomat said.
Shikarov said that in the future it is planned to increase capacity of the enterprise's refining up to 1500 tons a day. -0--
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