ATLANTA (Pajhwok): Iran’s Foreign Minister Hussain Amir Abdul Lahiyan has said that talks with acting Afghan government were moving in the right direction and hoped for positive outcome.
Talking to BBC, Lahiyan said that he received a message from the acting Afghan government that there was no certain purposed behind brief clashes on the border.
“We have had brief clashes recently in some border areas and we were told by the central Afghan government that there was no intension behind these clashes, we understand situation in Afghanistan,” he said.
Recently, top leadership of Iran had threatened Afghanistan to provide the due water right of the neighbouring country.
This comes that Iranian top leaders had recently issued threatening statements and asked the acting Afghan government to provide its water in line with its due right.
Afghanistan has reaffirmed its commitment to resolve water dispute with Iran through talks and bilateral engagement, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Afghan government said that the implementation of 1972 water treaty between the two countries was the best solution of water dispute and asked Tehran to first completed its investigation through legal channel and then raise its demand in a proper tone.
Iran’s interior ministry earlier said that the clashes happened for a short time and the problem had been resolved.
Afghan Defence Ministry blamed Iran for initiating the clash while the neighbouring country blamed Afghanistan for the clashes.
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