The agreement envisages cooperation between Uzbektelecom and Afgan Telecom Corp. on mutual providing of international telecommunication services through fiber-optic line, which is under construction now and it will connect Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

The commissioning of the fiber-optic line will help to organize direct communication between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and it will provide international telephony and Internet services to Afghanistan through Uzbekistan to the CIS and other foreign states.

The realization of the project will serve for strengthening of international cooperation and further integration of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan into information society, Uzbektelecom said in a statement.