Press TV
August 6, 2016
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says progress and security of Afghanistan are among the Islamic Republic’s core policies.
In a meeting with Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar in Tehran on Saturday, Zarif added that the Iranian and Afghan people enjoy cordial relations.
“Afghanistan is a friend neighbor of the Islamic Republic of Iran and progress and security of this country are regarded as Iran’s progress and security,” the Iranian minister said.
He urged the two countries to further strengthen cooperation in all sectors.
Zarif pointed to an order by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei about schooling for all Afghan children in Iran and said, “This issue indicates that we believe in Afghanistan’s progress and development at the highest level.”
In a meeting with Chief Executive Officer of the Afghanistan’s government, Abdullah Abdullah, in January, Ayatollah Khamenei ordered that all Afghan children in Iran be permitted schooling regardless of their residency status.
Chabahar project positive sign of Iran-Afghanistan cooperation
The Afghan official, for his part, said the Chabahar agreement – recently signed among Iran, Afghanistan and India – is a positive sign of the beginning of fundamental cooperation between Tehran and Kabul.
The Chabahar agreement was signed in the presence of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Tehran on May 23 to establish a strategic transit and transport route connecting the three countries.
Chabahar is located in the Gulf of Oman on the border with Pakistan. It is Iran’s closest and best access point to the Indian Ocean.
The port will be a game changer for regional connectivity, especially for Afghanistan, which can find an assured and reliable alternative access to India via sea.
Hanif Atmar also said Afghanistan attaches great importance to bolstering cooperation with Iran and called on all regional countries to improve close cooperation in the fight against terrorism and extremism.
The Afghan security official is in Tehran for a two-day official visit to meet with senior Iranian officials. He held talks with Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani earlier on Saturday.
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PEACE
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* AN INTERNATIONAL
* PEACE CONFERENCE :
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* ***** AN IMMEDIATELY URGENT
* NEED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL
* “PEACE CONFERENCE” ON AFGHANISTAN:
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* WE ASK ALL
* THE SAVAGE
* INVADERS TO: LEAVE THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN ALONE
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* LET THEM BUILD UP THEIR OWN COUNTRY
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* SHATTERED LIVES.
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* THE “KEY-ATTENDEES”, FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION, MUST INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING HISTORICALLY AND CURRENTLY ESSENTIAL, ( DIRECT OR INDIRECT), PARTIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS : ••
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* • 1- All the resistance forces in Afghanistan 2- NATO ALLIANCE 3- All neighboring countries of Afghanistan. 4- Turkey, India and Saudi Arabia. 5- Also, active participation and observation of United Nations and Vatican would definitely enhance the prospects for a mutually respectful and impartial resolution.
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* We must urge a cessation to all hostilities and an end to this savage “INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT” in Afghanistan.
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* * BROTHERS AND SISTERS !
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* * WE MUST STOP THIS MADNESS OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONS. WE ARE 100% SURE
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* * PLEASE; SHOW YOUR HONORABLE SUPPORT !
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* INVADERS TO: LEAVE THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN ALONE
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* LET THEM BUILD UP THEIR OWN COUNTRY
* AND THE
* SHATTERED LIVES.
ANGLO/US
WAR CRIMINALS
ARE KEEPING IRANIAN AUTHORITIES AT BAY
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TWO FORMS
OF AVAILABLE SCHEMES ARE USED TO
BLACKMAILS IRAN
IN RESPECT TO ITS INFLUENTIAL MILITARY AND POLITICAL LEVERAGE ON AFGHANISTAN.
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1- THE THREAT OF
PUNISHING IRAN FOR DEVELOPING WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION WAS ACTUALLY MEANT TO PREVENT IRAN FROM TAKING AGGRESSIVE STAND AGAINST THE WAR ATROCITIES
( Since the invasion of AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ).
2- THE PROMSE OF CASH PAYMENT TO IRAN IS DEEMED AS BARGAINING TOOL FOR THE STATE OF POLITICAL QUAGMIRE IN AFGHANISTAN
( THE MILITARY SITUATION IS IN A STATE OF TOTAL STALEMATE).
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The Anglo/US megalomaniac and warcriminals are pacifying Iranian authorities with schemes of either
military threats or huge cash "rewards" promises) as preventive measure or any thing that would jeopardize the savage cause of the invaders.
The pacification scheme and programs for Iran are intended to ensure pledges of non-interference policy in internal affairs of Iraq and ("especially") Afghanistan while the NATO Alliance could still keep conducting their imposed heinous war crimes as usual.
It also tacitly, "but surely", obligate and bind Iranian authorities not to complain about the Western destructive policies in Afghanistan and Iraq.
THE IRANIAN POLICY IN "AFGHANISTAN" IS MUCH MORE CRITICAL AT THIS CURRENT STAGE OF NATO'S GEOPOLITICAL GAMES BECAUSE THE INVADERS HAVE ALREADY LOST FACE AND CONTROL AND BARELY HANGING ON – THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF TOTAL EXPULSION.
IRANIAN LEADERSHIP COULD POSSIBLY TURN THE SITUATION DRAMATICALLY WORSE- THE ANGLO/US MILITARY STRATEGISTS ARE CLEARLY REALIZING THAT AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SEIZING THIS RIGHT OPPORTUNITY TO SMOOTH OUT THEIR FORESEEABLE DEVASTATING LOSSES IN AFGHANISTAN BY OFFERING THE IRANIAN AUTHORITIES MONETARY AND/OR OTHER FORMS OF INCENTIVES IN AN ORDER TO PREVENT THEM FROM IMMATURELY COMPROMISING DEALS WITH EMBOLDENING OPPOSITION LEADERSHIPS INSIDE AFGHANISTAN.