By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 24, 2023
The Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, once again emphasized the issue of Iran’s right to the Helmand River.
Abdollahian said in an interview with IRNA Govt News Agency that based on the order of the Iran President, Ebrahim Raisi, during the one and half years, the foreign ministry, and the special envoy for Afghanistan, Kazem Qomi, have pursued the matter consistently.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has claimed that the Taliban government of Afghanistan, unlike the former Afghan administrations, have confirmed Iran’s right to the Hirmand River and emphasized the need to direct it towards Iran as soon as possible.
“In my recent talks with Mr Muttaqi, acting Foreign Minister of the de facto government of Afghanistan in Samarkand city, we emphasized the issue of Iran’s claim on the Helmand River in detail,” he stated.
He further noted that “those collective efforts will continue till achieving the desired result.”
Meanwhile, “Iranian citizens of Sistan are quite right in their protests about this issue, and the esteemed president has repeatedly emphasized the great importance of this issue and the need to resolve the problem through diplomatic efforts,” Amirabdollahian said.
Earlier, he tweeted that he discussed the disputed water resources with his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi while they were both in Uzbekistan, Samarkand.
The Taliban authorities have not commented on the Iranian Foreign Minister’s Remarks.
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