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Iran seeks to normalize cultural and media exchanges with Afghanistan
Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Mehdi Ismaili has said that Tehran wants to normalize the atmosphere of cultural, artistic and media exchanges with Afghanistan.
“We and Afghanistan are two countries with many historical commonalities and these political borders cannot create a gap between artists and media, etc.,
“Balkh and Herat and every part of Afghanistan are full of cultural artistic heritage for Iranians,” Mehdi said at a press conference.
“We support Afghan artists, like Iranians, in creating arts. We also have artistic cooperation. We are looking to normalize the atmosphere of cultural, artistic and media exchanges between Iran and Afghanistan.
“We also had a meeting and visits by officials will increase. We are extremely sensitive to preserving the historical, cultural and artistic heritage,” he added.
Earlier, Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan, and also emphasized the need to expand political, economic and cultural relations between the two countries.