SOCHI* – Supporters of the defeated terrorist groups in Syria are aftercreating insecurity in Afghanistan and transferring terrorists to thiscountry, a top Iranian security official said.*

Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Shamkhanimade the remarks in a meeting with Afghanistan national security advisorMohammad Hanif Atmar which was held on the sidelines of the ninth meetingof high-rank security authorities started work in Russia on Wednesday, IRNAhas reported.

He expressed regret over the recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan whichresulted in killing innocent people.

Shamkhani underlined the importance of facilitating the activities done bypentalateral committees to achieve practical outcomes and to maintainstability and security in the region.

The information and security cooperation among Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan,China and Russia can pave the way for stopping destabilizing programs ofsome Western countries and their regional allies, he said.

Hanif Atmar, for his part, referred to the fact that increasing andfriendly ties between Iran and Afghanistan are not against any country andare not influenced by other countries.

Many foreign nationals which were member of Daesh terrorist group have beenarrested by Afghanistan security forces, he said.

The first day agenda of the meeting includes “international crises fromconfrontation to dialogue” and “evolution of tactics and strategies ofinternational terrorist organizations”.

The second day will focus “international information security, globalresponses to global challenges” and “production and spread of narcotics,threats to international peace and stability”.

Secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Shamkhani is toaddress the participants today.

He met his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev on Tuesday evening.