IOFS visits Afghanistan and holds high level meetings with de facto government

His Excellency Mr. Yerlan A. Baidaulet, Director General the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), is leading a delegation that includes i) Ambassador Daulet Tazabekuly Yemberdiyev, Director of Cooperation & Humanitarian Aid Office and ii) Mr. Abdula Manafi Mutualo, Senior Liaison Officer, for an official humanitarian visit to the full-fledged member country, Afghanistan on 16-19 April 2022.

On the first day of the visit, the IOFS Director General, accompanied by HE Mr. Alimkhan Yessengeldiev, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan and his staff, was received in different bilateral meetings with de facto local authorities, including with i) H.E. Maulavi Mohammed Abdul Kabir, Acting Deputy Prime Minister, with whom the issue of Food Security Reserves was highlighted in order for the Government to take up necessary measures to implement such an important tool to guarantee sustainability of food security in Afghanistan; ii) with H.E. Mula Muhammad Younis Akhonzada, Minister in-charge of Rural Development, with whom notes were exchanged on how the IOFS would get involved in supporting agricultural development related projects, particularly those that may also fall under the purview of other relevant Institutions of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as, for instance, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) so as to utilize the OIC platform for ensuring that necessary support reach rural areas in Afghanistan; and iii) with Mula Norodin Turab, Acting President of Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS), to learn about the important humanitarian work the ARCS is implementing in Afghanistan and how the IOFS could partner with them to furthering the implementation of humanitarian food assistance projects, especially those that may also be implemented within the framework of the bilateral relationship the IOFS has with the Islamic Committee of the International Crescent (ICIC).