Addressing a regional security dialogue on Afghanistan in Moscow on Wednesday, Shamkhani said that all countries with a role in Afghanistan should not allow ultra-regional forces to interfere in the country as he warned that the intervention would turn the instability in Afghanistan into a regional calamity.
Shamkhani’s comments came after Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev opened the regional forum, known as the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, in a ceremony attended by representatives from Russia, Iran, India, China, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
He noted that consolidation of peace and security in Afghanistan is a main priority for Iran as he insisted that millions of Afghan refugees have been accommodated in Iran despite the fact that the country is suffering from unilateral and illegal sanctions imposed by the United States.
The senior Iranian security official said that Afghanistan should seek to expand its national unity initiative to allow all people to participate in the politics and governance of the war-torn country.
He said stability in Afghanistan will be guaranteed if the country commits to its responsibilities regarding the control of terrorism.
Shamkhani called on the United States to lift its sanctions on Afghan assets held in banks in other countries as he insisted that those who contributed to Afghanistan’s destruction have now a responsibility to help reconstruction efforts in the country.
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