The new leadership of Afghanistan will continue to develop the Uzbek language and culture in the country, said Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov.

“The language and culture of our Uzbek compatriots, who have lived in Afghanistan for a long time, will continue to develop under the new government,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Yusup Kabuljanov quoted Kamilov as saying.

On October 7, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan held talks in Kabul with the Deputy Head of the Interim Government of Afghanistan for Political Affairs Mullah Abdul Kabir and Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.