FM Spokesman: Any Instability In Afghanistan Affects Iran’s Security

Tehran, May 8, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that any instability in Afghanistan will affect security in Iran. Mehmanparast made the remark while talking to reporters during his weekly press briefing on Tuesday. Expressing Iran's concern over the recent agreement inked between Afghanistan and the US, he said the agreement was vague and unclear. He said peace, stability and security of Afghanistan are important to Iran, stressing that Tehran regards Afghanistan’s security as inseparable from its own security. The spokesman further referred to presence of alien forces led by the US in Afghanistan as the cause of instability and insecurity in that country. Mehmanparast underlined that since regional countries are well capable of providing the region's security there is no need for presence of foreign countries./end