NOURNEWS- While reasserting Iran’s right to share of water from the Helmand River, Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iranian technical delegations’ visits to water reserves in Afghanistan will lead to more transparency regarding the issue.
In a telephone conversation on Saturday, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian and Taliban's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi talked about a series of bilateral issues.
Amir-Abdollahian reaffirmed Iran’s right to the Helmand River water, referred to the recent visit by an Iranian technical team to Afghanistan, and said such trips would lead to more transparency in line with the 1970 Helmand agreement.
The foreign minister also referred to the freedom of an Iranian journalist in Afghanistan and called for the resolution of some issues between the two sides.
Amir-Abdollahian underlined that Iran has always wished well for Afghanistan and the good people of that country, the Foreign Ministry’s website reported.
Pointing to the presence of many Afghan nationals in Iran, Amirabdollahian said Tehran puts emphasis on cooperation between all sides in Afghanistan to bring stability, security and welfare to the country’s people.
For his part, Muttaqi thanked Iran and said efforts are underway to resolve problems.
He also invited Amir-Abdollahian to visit Afghanistan, noting that Tehran-Kabul ties are based on neighborliness and brotherhood.
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