TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has discussed the situation in Afghanistan with his Chinese and Russian counterparts.

The Iranian president's website, president.ir, reported on Wednesday that he talked on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Iran was ready to cooperate with China in establishing security, stability and peace in Afghanistan as well as on issues regarding the development, progress and prosperity for Afghans.

Raisi said: 'We believe that the departure of foreigners, as well as experiences in this country, has highlighted the need for the support and participation of all Afghans to ensure the security and development of Afghanistan more than ever.'

Raisi separately spoke with Vladimir Putin and was quoted by the website as saying that stability must be established in Afghanistan as soon as possible.

Raisi was quoted as saying that 'establishing security and peace in Afghanistan has always been emphasized by Iran and we believe that all Afghan active groups should work together to establish stability in the country as soon as possible and make the US withdrawal a turning point for lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan.'

Raisi also praised what he described as Iranian-Russian cooperation in Syria where the two have over the past years boosted Syrian President Bashar Assad's government and turned the tide of war in Assad's favor and called for Iran and Russia to 'increase the interaction between Tehran and Moscow.'

Turkmen diplomats, meanwhile, have met with the Taliban there on Wednesday, Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry said, describing the meetings as 'friendly,' 'positive' and 'constructive.'

The energy-rich Central Asian nation that shares a border with Afghanistan has an embassy in Kabul and consulates in Herat and Mazar-e-Sharif.

All three missions have been operating 'as usual' after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on Sunday. Taliban fighters are guarding the outer perimeter of the missions, the ministry said.

Turkmenistan's general consuls in Herat and Mazar-e-Sharif and the Taliban representatives discuss issues related to 'the implementation of duties of the Turkmen consular organization in the northern provinces of Afghanistan' and 'organizational and other matters' related to the missions, the ministry said.

It added that Turkmen officials have regular contacts with the Taliban regarding security along the Afghan-Turkmenistan border.