Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif spoke to the acting Afghan foreign minister, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, and “underlined the necessity for unity among various Afghan groups, establishment of peace and stability in the country and expansion of bilateral collaborations”. Zarif subsequently talked to the UN Secretary-General and “presented a report on Tehran’s diplomatic efforts to resolve the political crisis in Afghanistan and advance the peace process in the neighbouring country”. Afghanistan was also a topic of discussion in Zarif’s conversations with counterparts in Russia, India, Turkey and Qatar.