International sanctions against Iran will not affect any transit cooperation agreements between Iran and Afghanistan, an Iranian delegation said on Thursday.
Iran's Urban Planning and Roads Ministry, who were in Kabul for the fourth Afghanistan-Iran Transport Cooperation meeting, emphasised that their country is ready to improve its transit ties with Afghanistan.
"Currently there is no problem against Afghanistan's transit goods via Iran and we will try to remove the trivial problems that exist," Iran Deputy Minister Urban Planning and Roads Shahyar Afandizada said, adding that sanctions against Iran products will not negatively affect goods transiting via Iran roads.
With the aim to become members of the International Road and Transport Convention, Afghanistan will be able to better connect with regional countries including Qatar, India and Oman, officials said.
"We desire to join the convention," Jariullah Mansory, Afghan deputy for planning and policy in the Transport and Aviation Ministry, said.
A deal with Iran is more attractive amid Afghanistan's ongoing transit problems with Pakistani ports. The Iranian officials have encouraged Afghanistan to use its Chabahar port for Afghan traders in an effort to improve its transit and commercial ties with its neighbor.