Foreign ministers of Iran and Afghanistan and deputy foreign minister of Tajikistan in a meeting in the western city of Herat on Saturday underlined the need for the further bolstering and consolidation of trilateral cooperation among the three neighboring states.

Economic Affairs and Finance Minister Davoud Danesh Jafari and Central Bank Governor Tahmasb Mazaheri left Tehran for Washington last week to attend a joint meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB).

French ambassador to Iran stressed that cultural cooperation between Tehran and Paris would secure expansion of the two countries’ ties in future.