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Tehran, Jan 24, IRNA -- Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi, back from a four-day trip to Japan to attend an international donors' conference on Afghan reconstruction, was upbeat on the results of the conference.
Upon arrival at the International Mehrabad Airport, he termed cooperation among the participating countries in the Afghan conference
as "good" and expressed the hope that efforts to
help the country rebuild from over two decades
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of devastation will lead to the establishment of an atmosphere of peace and security.
He told reporters that security for Afghanistan is closely tied with that of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"A powerful and stable government in neighboring Afghanistan can restore security and stability to that war-stricken state," the Iranian foreign minister said.
On the international community's urging that poppy cultivation in Afghanistan be replaced with cotton or other useful crops, he said that all participating delegations in the conference believed the proposal would benefit all world countries.
He said the Islamic Republic of Iran has provided Afghanistan with various kinds of loans in order to help implement projects that would respond to pressing problems, he said.
On reconstruction efforts for that war-torn country, Kharrazi said numerous opportunities are open for Iranian companies to participate in projects for the purpose.
Meanwhile, in a meeting with Japan's special representative for Afghanistan affairs, Sadako Ogata, on Tuesday, Kharrazi said that no country will benefit from an insecure Afghanistan.
He underlined the need for organizing an Afghan paramilitary force under the supervision of the country's national army in order to establish peace and security in the country.
Outlining Iran's capacity to provide construction materials needed for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, Kharrazi voiced his country's readiness to implement joint venture projects with Japanese companies desirous of assisting Afghanistan in its reconstruction efforts.
The Tokyo conference, held Monday and Tuesday this week to solicit aid donors for war-devastated Afghanistan, was attended by ministers and high-ranking officials of 54 countries and 18 international aid organizations.
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