Regional efforts can end existence challenges in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s strategic studies center of foreign ministry emphasized that regional efforts can end the current challenges in Afghanistan.

The center stressed that solving terrorism problem and counter narcotics in Afghanistan needs a regional control and Iran can play an effective role in this process.

However, President Ghani’s trip to Iran caused Afghanistan shares its regional challenges with Iran but failed to strengthen ties between the two countries.

But strategic studies center of foreign ministry has an optimistic vision to this trip and its achievements.

The center believes that mobilizing the country’s economic cycle can be developed in strengthening economic and trade ties with Iran.

Dr. Faramarz Tamna, head of strategic studies center of foreign ministry said, “We can deepen our cooperation with Iran in all sectors especially in energy, mining, trade and transit sectors.”

In the trip, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Iranian supreme leader stressed to intensify bilateral cooperation to counter terrorism and other challenges jointly.

Ayatullah Ali Khemenei, supreme leader of Iran in a meeting with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in Tehran said that Afghanistan is going onwards development, adding that the security and development of Afghanistan is the security and development of Iran.

President’s trip to Iran summarized at the level of political interaction foreign ministries, higher education and also addressing the problems of more than 3 million Afghan refugees in Iran.
Meanwhile, a number of Afghan anlaysts are said to consider President Ghani’s trip to Iran a showing trip for Iran’s presence in regional deals and equations.

Sardar Rahimi, international relations analyst said, “Agreements made in president’s trip to Iran are not at the high levels.”

Iran has always had a marginal vision for Afghanistan but now it is expected that President Ghani’s trip causes new horizons for cooperation between the two bordering countries.
Reported by Wahid Nawesa