Tajik president, UN secretary-general discuss situation in Afghanistan

DUSHANBE. Aug 26 (Interfax) - Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a phone conversation agreed to continue helping Afghanistan, the Tajik leader's press service said on Friday.

"While exchanging opinions on the current situation in neighboring Afghanistan, Rahmon emphasized that the international community should continue providing humanitarian assistance to the long-suffering people of Afghanistan and not leave them alone in this difficult situation," the report said.

"In this regard, the Tajik side expressed its readiness to contribute what it can to this process, including by providing the country's logistical capabilities for such assistance," the report said.

Rahmon also emphasized Tajikistan's readiness to continue strengthening cooperation with the UN and its structural institutions in promoting the global agenda, especially on the issues of water and climate, counterterrorism, the fight against extremism, illegal drug trafficking and other manifestations of transborder organized crime.