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Iran meets with various Afghan groups to establish peace in Afghanistan, says Zarif

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed a Taliban delegation’s visit to Iran.
News ID: 79397
Publish Date: 27November 2019 - 19:32

Iran meets with various Afghan groups to establish peace in Afghanistan, says Zarif“We meet with different Afghan groups with the aim of establishing peace in Afghanistan; and the recent visit was in this framework,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting while confirming his yesterday’s meeting with the Afghan delegation.

A Taliban delegation headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy political chief and head of the political office of the Taliban in Qatar, held a meeting with Foreign Minister Zarif on Tuesday in Tehran.

The Iranian minister pointed to Tehran’s readiness to help establish and boost intra-Afghan talks with the participation of the Afghan government and all other influential political groups.

The meeting was held in continuation of Tehran’s efforts to return peace and stability to Afghanistan and aimed to persuade different groups to engage in Afghan-Afghan talks, promote dialogue as a solution to differences, and support all Afghan forces to cooperate for establishing security in the country after the withdrawal of foreign forces.

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