Iran Press/ Iran news: The regional contact group meeting for Afghanistan kicked off on Saturday morning in Tehran with the participation of special representatives of Iran, China, Russia, and Pakistan.
Hassan Kazemi Qomi told reporters in a press conference on the sidelines of the meeting that it is natural that Afghanistan's neighboring countries be concerned about taking a collective initiative to interact with Kabul to ensure the stability and construction of the country.
Kazemi Qomi referred to the US 20-year invasion of Afghanistan from 2000 to 2021 and said that the present sides in the meeting believed that the US must be held responsible for the problems it created for the Afghan nation and its security, the evil doing which is still continuous.
He noted that what is going on in Afghanistan, including the issues of drugs and security, is a concern for the neighboring countries, therefore they should be looking for a collective initiative to interact with Kabul in the path of stabilization and construction.
Kazemi Qomi pointed to the coming third Doha Meeting in Qatar and said that the participant countries in today's meeting all recommended Afghanistan's neighboring countries to take part in the regional initiative, noting that the first and second Qatar Meetings did not result in achievements beneficial to solve Afghanistan's problems.
Reiterating the establishment of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, the Iranian top diplomat reiterated that if today Afghanistan wants to find a way out of the crises it is suffering from, it must form a government involving different ethnicities and political factions.
He said that the tribune today was a good opportunity for the Taliban to use it in favor of Afghanistan, yet they ultimately decided to not participate in it.
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