INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Amir Khan Muttaqi, Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), in a telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign
Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi expressed Kabul’s readiness to cooperate in the safe transfer of remaining Iranian pilgrims from Saudi
Arabia via Afghan territory.
The call came amid escalating tensions and conflict between Iran and Israel.
During the conversation, Muttaqi
strongly condemned Israel’s airstrikes on Iranian territory, calling them a blatant violation of international law and reaffirmed the
Islamic Emirate’s solidarity with the Iranian people, according to a statement released by Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry.
In response,
Araghchi thanked the Islamic Emirate for its firm stance in condemning the Israeli attacks and welcomed Kabul’s offer to facilitate the
transfer of Iranian pilgrims
He also described Afghanistan as a friendly and empathic neighbor of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin
Abdulaziz ordered authorities to provide comprehensive support and services to all Iranian pilgrims stranded in the kingdom due to regional
unrest.
The post IEA offers to facilitate transfer of Iranian pilgrims from Saudi Arabia first appeared on TINS News | Afghanistan News.
