The first coordination meeting of the (Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan) RECCA Ambassadors in 2019 as well as the inauguration of RECCA Research and Evaluation Center took place in Kabul on Sunday, as informed by a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement.
The meeting and inauguration was attended by acting foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani, some government officials, and foreign ambassadors to Kabul, the statement added .
Addressing the conference, Rabbani expressed his gratitude towards the regional countries for their support.
He said that regional cooperation leads to economic growth.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Cooperation Adela Raz also listed the various achievements under the regional cooperation framework in 2018 across various sectors, one of them being TAPI (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India) pipeline project in energy sector, and Chabahar and Lapis Lazuli route in transportation sectors.
RECCA is a forum that has been managed to promote stabilization in Afghanistan and South and Central Asian regional economic integration.