Iran urges neighbours to promote ‘positive, peaceful interaction’ in Af

TIL Desk/World/Tehran/ Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries must help bring about “positive and peaceful interaction” between different Afghan groups, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit on Afghanistan.

“We must provide conditions for the people and groups in Afghanistan to have a positive and peaceful interaction and to be able to portray their country’s future correctly,” said Raisi on Friday at the summit being held on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe.

 Peace will be lasting in Afghanistan when all the “tribes and groups” in the country feel they have effective participation in the government, and governance is based on the will of the people, he noted. Speaking also on Friday at the SCO summit, Raisi blamed the United States and its allies “entirely” for the current situation in Afghanistan. Countries in the region must act as facilitators to create the conditions for the people of Afghanistan to overcome their problems and “chart a path to a secure future,” he added.