SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES TALIBAN MOVEMENT AND IRAN TO EXERCISE MAXIMUM RESTRAINT
Press Release
SG/SM/6736
AFG/88
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES TALIBAN MOVEMENT AND IRAN TO EXERCISE MAXIMUM RESTRAINT
19981008 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:The Secretary-General is concerned at reports of border clashes between armed forces of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan amd the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Secretary-General urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint in accordance with Security Council resolution 1193 (1998) of 28 August 1998.
The Secretary-General expects the Taliban to cooperate with his Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, with a view to defusing the existing tensions with Iran.
Following a four-day visit to Teheran, where he met with President Khatami, Foreign Minister Kharrazi and other senior officials of the Iranian Government, Mr. Brahimi today arrived in Islamabad. Mr. Brahimi intends to meet with senior Taliban representatives, as well as officials of the Government of Pakistan, during his stay in Pakistan.
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