Iran’s Interior Minister Due in Afghanistan
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Interior Minister will leave Tehran for the Afghan capital of Kabul later this week to attend an economic conference, an official announced.
Heading a delegation, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli will visit Kabul to attend the 6th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference for Afghanistan (RECCA), Babak Dinparast, the vice-minister of interior, said on Tuesday.
He went on to say the RECCA is attended by high-ranking delegations from a number of countries and international bodies, and focuses on the implementation of important economic plans in regional states.
“The minister will participate in the summit as the head of the joint commission of Iran-Afghanistan economic cooperation,” he added.
Dinparast also noted that Rahmani Fazli will hold meetings with high-ranking Afghan officials on the sidelines of the conference in a bid to promote mutual cooperation.
Titled “The Silk Road through Afghanistan”, RECCA will be held in the Afghan capital of Kabul on September 3 and 4.
Representatives from 50 countries, including foreign and interior ministers, are going to take part at the international event.
The 1st RECCA was held in Kabul in 2005, and the next editions were held in New Delhi, Islamabad, Istanbul, and Dushanbe.
According to Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry, the upcoming conference will include a high-level ministerial meeting, 3 working group gatherings, as well as an academic forum, a regional business forum and a trade exhibition.
