Shir Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, Political Deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate, during the celebration of the 44th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran under the leadership of Hazrat Imam Khomeini (RA) in Kabul, while congratulating on this day, he said: the movement of the Iranian people led to victory without bloodshed and the establishment of an Islamic government in This country.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: Stanekzai added: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan wants good cultural and economic relations with all countries in the region, especially the Islamic Republic of Iran.
 
He pointed out that the trade exchange between Afghanistan and Iran has exceeded one billion dollars in the past year and added that we want to increase this figure in the coming years.
 
Thanking the Islamic Republic of Iran for maintaining its embassy in Afghanistan for more than a year and continuing strong diplomatic relations for more than a century, he stated that the two countries can solve their economic problems through bilateral cooperation.
 
Stanekzai also asked the Islamic Republic of Iran to cooperate with the government of Afghanistan in the area of alternative drug cultivation and to increase the issuance of visas to prevent illegal immigration and to provide more ease of life for Afghan immigrants living in Iran.
 
In his remarks, he once again assured the countries of the region that Afghanistan's soil will not be used against any country.
 
ISIS is a phenomenon born in America
 
Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the ambassador and special representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran for Afghanistan affairs, also said in this ceremony: the fight against terrorism is an important field for cooperation between Iran and Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran has played an irreplaceable role in the fight against the sinister phenomena of terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking. And in this way, he has paid a heavy spiritual and material price.
 
He also added that ISIS is a phenomenon born in America and Iran is ready to cooperate with this terrorist group in Afghanistan.
 
Standing against oppressive sanctions for forty years
 
Kazemi Qomi went on to say that the government of Iran has not only not been shaken in spite of the cruel US sanctions for 40 years, but has made many achievements in many sectors and today as a prominent country in various dimensions, scientific, technological, weapons, It is social and political.
 
In the part of his speech, referring to the political and economic situation of Afghanistan, Kazemi Qomi said: Afghanistan, as a neighboring and Muslim country, has a prominent position in Iran's foreign policy, and Iran's relationship with this country is based on deep historical, cultural, Islamic and trans boundary ties.
 
Hassan Kazemi Qomi added that the Islamic Republic of Iran hosts 6 million Afghan immigrants, including 600,000 Afghan students who have the same conditions as Iranian students and are currently studying in Iran.
 
The special representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan added that the common will of the two countries to strengthen economic relations, improve the level of trade exchanges, efforts to maintain stability and security, fight against terrorism and oppose the presence of invaders and foreign interference are among the issues that facilitate mutual cooperation.
 
Referring to the economic issues between the two countries, he said that last year the volume of trade relations between the two countries was about 1.5 billion US dollars, and we hope that it will reach 3 billion dollars.
 
He continued that Iran has a lot of capacity to strengthen economic cooperation with Afghanistan.
 
He continued that according to the geographical situation of Afghanistan, Iran is ready to cooperate in the areas of transformation of traditional to modern agriculture, alternative cultivation of drugs, and agricultural and industrial complexes, packaging, modern animal husbandry, greenhouse, breeding of animals from cows and sheep to Turkey and ostrich, fish breeding, training and selling equipment are among the capacities of cooperation.
 
He added that the geopolitical position of Afghanistan and Iran provides the possibility of regional cooperation and the two countries of Iran and Afghanistan have a privileged position in the north to south and east to west.
 
It should be noted that this ceremony was held at the famous "Intercontinental" hotel in Kabul, with the presence of high-ranking officials of the Islamic Emirate, Mohammad Akbari, the deputy of the Council of Shia Ulamas of Afghanistan, Hojat al-Islam and Muslim Sayed Isa Hussaini Mazari, the general director of the Tebyan Social Cultural Activities Center and the Afghan Voice Agency (AVA), a number of representatives of foreign countries based in Kabul, political and cultural elites.