The Iranian embassy in Kabul has announced that Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, will visit Kabul in the near future.
Although details about the visit have not been provided, sources told TOLOnews that Iran's foreign minister will come to Kabul at the official invitation of the acting foreign minister.
"The visit of Iran's foreign minister to Kabul can enhance our commonalities and interactions and help resolve issues between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Emirate," Salim Paigir, a political analyst, told TOLOnews.
Meanwhile, Zakir Jalaly, director of the third political department of the Foreign Ministry, described the Iranian foreign minister's visit to Kabul as a constructive step in strengthening relations between the two countries. Jalaly added that this visit could take Kabul-Tehran relations to a new level.
Zakir Jalaly further stated: "The shared political, economic, and security interests between Afghanistan and Iran present an opportunity to strengthen bilateral cooperation. The upcoming visit of Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, to Kabul is a constructive step in consolidating these relations and could mark a new phase in bilateral ties."
"In my opinion, such visits are beneficial, especially when the United States has created some challenges against Iran and Afghanistan. Diplomatic and economic relations between us and them should be strengthened," Moeen Gul Samkanai, another analyst, told TOLOnews.
Although several delegations from Iran have visited Afghanistan in the past three years, and some officials of the Islamic Emirate, including the economic and political deputy prime ministers, have traveled to Iran, Araghchi is the highest-ranking Iranian official to visit Afghanistan since the return of the Islamic Emirate to power.
Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, during his visits to Tajikistan and Russia, emphasized maintaining stability in Afghanistan.
Despite relatively good relations between the interim government and Iran over the past three years, issues such as Iran’s water rights from Afghanistan and the deportation of Afghan migrants have occasionally overshadowed relations between the two countries.
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