TEHRAN – A member of Afghanistan’s Council of Ministers said on Monday that a top Iranian delegation plans to visit Kabul in the near future.

In an interview with IRNA on the sidelines of the International Conference on Combating Sand and Dust Storms in Tehran, he said that the Iranian delegation will visit Afghanistan to pursue implementation of agreements between the two countries.

“Afghanistan seeks to establish and expand relations with the neighboring countries especially the friendly and neighboring Iran,” the official said.

The member of the council of minister expressed hope that the delegation’s visit would bring positive results in relations.

The international conference on dust storms started on July 3 and will last until July 5.

The conference is hosted by the Department of Environment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the cooperation of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, UN Environment and the UN Development Program, in collaboration with other relevant UN entities.

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