Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Said on Saturday that the international recognition of Taliban Presently not under consideration.
His remarks came after the Taliban nominated a UN envoy, setting off a showdown Afghanistanseat in the world body.
“The question of international recognition of the Taliban is not on the table at the present time,” lavrov added that Russia, China, Pakistan And the US was working together to make sure the Taliban deliver on their promises.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki on Monday named the group’s Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen As the UN Ambassador to Afghanistan.
The then Afghan government’s UN ambassador Ghulam Isakzai has also called for his UN recognition to be renewed. Russia is a member of the nine-member UN Credit Committee along with China and the US, which will tackle Afghanistan’s competing claims to the UN seat later this year.
When the Taliban last ruled between 1996 and 2001, ambassadors to the Afghan government they toppled remained UN representatives as the credentialing committee deferred its decision on rival claims to the seat.
His remarks came after the Taliban nominated a UN envoy, setting off a showdown Afghanistanseat in the world body.
“The question of international recognition of the Taliban is not on the table at the present time,” lavrov added that Russia, China, Pakistan And the US was working together to make sure the Taliban deliver on their promises.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki on Monday named the group’s Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen As the UN Ambassador to Afghanistan.
The then Afghan government’s UN ambassador Ghulam Isakzai has also called for his UN recognition to be renewed. Russia is a member of the nine-member UN Credit Committee along with China and the US, which will tackle Afghanistan’s competing claims to the UN seat later this year.
When the Taliban last ruled between 1996 and 2001, ambassadors to the Afghan government they toppled remained UN representatives as the credentialing committee deferred its decision on rival claims to the seat.
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