During his talks with external affairs minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi on Friday, Afghanistan foreign minister said lauded India’s support for the country over the years.

India has always stood with Afghan people and has assisted them in many areas, said Muttaqi, adding that they have been first responders in cases of emergency.

“In the recent earthquake in Afghanistan, India was the first responder. Afghanistan looks at India as a close friend. Afghanistan wants relations based on mutual respect, trade and people-to-people relations. We are ready to create a consultative mechanism of understanding, which helps towards strengthening our relations,” said Muttaqi.

On his visit to Delhi that began on October 9, Muttaqi said that he was happy to be in the national capital and added that

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