The Japanese government is ready to provide 110 million U.S. dollars in fresh aid to Afghanistan to assist the nation's reconstruction process, Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Tuesday.
Among the sum of assistance, about 90 million dollars will be implemented for projects around the Afghan borders with Pakistan and Iran, the foreign minister said in his speech at the opening session of a two-day Afghanistan reconstruction international conference.
Japan also intends to implement assistance of about 13 million dollars for enhancement of literacy through UNESCO and of about 9 million dollars for enhancement of border management through Afghanistan government, Komura said.
Afghan Foreign Minister Dadfar Spanta in his part expressed gratitude for the international community's assistance to his country and called for continuous support for Afghanistan's reconstruction and development.
The Japanese government said it has extended a total of 1.25 billion dollars in aid to Afghanistan since 2001.
Delegates from 24 countries and international organizations gathered here in the afternoon at the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board political directors' level meeting to hold discussion on topics of security, narcotic control,economic development and further financial donations for the war-torn country.
Source: Xinhua
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