Iran&s ambassador in Moscow, Kazem Jalali, has met with Zamir Kabulov, Russia&s special representative for Afghanistan, Iranian media reported on Thursday.ISNA news agency reported that in the meeting, the parties discussed the status of relations and bilateral cooperation between Iran and Russia in various fields, the situation in Afghanistan, as well as developments in the West Asian region.Meanwhile, Russia&s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed hope that the exchange of strikes between Iran and Pakistan will not affect diplomatic efforts in Afghanistan.&The fact that we are present there [in Afghanistan], we have not fallen out of touch with what is going on for a second, and are now maintaining contact with the de facto leadership & this helps us to work, including on promoting external formats that allow us to develop recommendations for the Afghans.

This is the Moscow format, there is a ‘quarter& of Russia, China, Pakistan and Iran.

I hope that the Pakistan-Iran ‘exchange of pleasantries& will not hamper the work of this format,& Lavrov said at his annual news conference devoted to reviewing Moscow&s main foreign policy achievements in 2023, TASS news agency reported.The post Iranian, Russian envoys discuss Afghanistan first appeared on Ariana News.