Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran Promise More Coordination, VOA News, 16 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran say their three countries will increase cooperation on regional issues in the coming months. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki signed a joint declaration Saturday after meeting in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. The foreign ministers from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran say the meeting is part of a process to create a roadmap for a region where so much is at stake. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says security and economic cooperation top the list of key concerns. . . The joint declaration calls for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran to coordinate efforts to combat extremism as well as drug and weapons smuggling. But the ministers also focused on the United States new military strategy in Afghanistan."
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