The problems of insurgency and drug smuggling belong to all regional countries who should fight together to remove the harm caused by both, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday.
Talking to senior officials from the 'Heart of Asia' countries who met in Kabul Monday, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Jawid Ludin said these two topics needed to be addressed at the upcoming Heart of Asia conference in April.
"No country can alone solve the problems that a country is faced with. Each country needs to create constructive relations with foreign countries and use those opportunities," Ludin said.
The 14-nation Heart of Asia conference will be held in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, on April 25.
The conference aims to discuss and find solutions to matters that threaten lasting security and stability in the region.
"This is very important step, taking the into consideration that the Istanbul process combines different countries and strategies. We hope that conference in the coming month will be the next step," the special envoy of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan said.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Unama) said these conferences are effective in helping there to be more cooperation between the regional countries.
The deputy Unama special envoy to Afghanistan Nicholas Haysom on Monday praised the joint efforts to stabilise the region and integrate more in order to achieve economic prosperity.
The Istanbul Process, launched by Turkey in November 2011, has often focused on the situation in Afghanistan at its meetings over the past 16 months.