Afghanistan should not become a location for rivalry among the world’s great powers, acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said this week during a visit to the Afghan embassy in Turkey.

Muttaqi said: “The policy is that henceforth Afghanistan should not become a center or ground for rivalry among the great powers.”

“Henceforth, it should not be like Afghanistan be friend of one while enemy of another. Afghanistan is a poor country. It should stand on its own feet. It should resolve its problems. Our policy is an economy-centric policy,” Muttaqi said.

According to him, there is no alternative to the existing government for stability in Afghanistan, and that the government is already inclusive.

“Is Afghanistan the private property of certain people?” Muttaqi asked.

“If inclusivity means all ethnic groups should be there, all ethnic groups are there in the current government,” Muttaqi said.

Muttaqi visited the Afghan embassy in Turkey, days after he said that the embassy would receive instructions from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, acting Minister of Information and Culture Khairullah Khairkhwa said on Wednesday that a commission would be tasked to work on how Afghans living abroad could return and work in their country.