Alireza Bigdeli, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul said at a meeting of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment that he is working to develop political and trade relations between Iran and the Taliban.
In this meeting, Bigdeli described Afghanistan as a "good friend" of the Islamic Republic.
The Iranian ambassador said that Afghanistan has been a good friend of Iran for many years, adding that the rotation of the economies of countries depends on trade as well as joint investments.
Bigdeli assured of his comprehensive cooperation in addressing the problems of traders, further development of trade, economic, transit and political relations between the Islamic Republic and the Taliban, and considered the holding of trade exhibitions and meetings important in order to increase exports and imports between the two countries.
According to Tasnim News Agency, the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) held an introductory meeting with Iran's new ambassador to Kabul in order to address the problems of businessmen, strengthen trade-economic relations, create trade facilities, and attract joint investments between Afghanistan and Iran.
The meeting was attended by Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, the Taliban's deputy foreign minister, Mohammad Younis Mohmand, the deputy head of Afghanistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Investment, and a number of other Afghan business officials.
According to the report, the Taliban's deputy foreign minister also called the appointment of Iran's new ambassador to Afghanistan a good step in the development of political and trade relations between the two countries, and called Iran a good friend with religious, cultural, commercial and transit commonalities with Afghanistan.
