Tehran (IP)- Afghan acting Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Iran Press/Iran news: Hanif Atmar, who headed a high-level political, economic, and security delegation to Tehran, met with Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday.

Hanif Atmar, during his two days in Iran, will talk with Iranian officials on various issues and in the framework of the working groups of the Iran-Afghanistan Comprehensive Cooperation Document, economic cooperation, border cooperation, cooperation on Afghan nationals, media cooperation, security cooperation, health cooperation, and the Water and Energy Cooperation workgroup.

Mohammad Hanif Atmar from April 2020, was introduced as the Designate and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. 

Some three million Afghans, including refugees, passport holders, and undocumented ones, have sought safety in Iran over the past 40 years.

Iran spends $8 billion on Afghans every year in various sectors. Besides, an exemplary policy in Iran lets Afghan children attend public school, whether they are registered refugees, passport holders, or even undocumented migrants.

The UN refugee agency has, on numerous occasions, praised Iran for hosting Afghan refugees for more than four decades. 212/ 104

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