Islamabad, Mar 19: Pakistan has said it will recognise the Taliban regime in Kabul when there’s a consensus, particularly among the regional countries, on the issue, Dawn reported on Saturday.
This was stated by Pakistan’s envoy to the United Nation Munir Akram.
The question of recognition of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan resurfaced on Thursday when the UN Security Council voted to establish formal ties with the former but without extending any kind of diplomatic recognition to the regime. Fourteen of the council’s 15 members voted for the resolution while Russia abstained.
Russian Ambassador Vassily A Nebenzia said he was compelled to abstain because attempts to secure consent from the host country for a UN presence were ignored.
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun said that since August 2021, when the Taliban captured Kabul, Afghanistan had entered a new phase and therefore a lot more flexibility was needed to deal with the situation and avoid a human catastrophe.
Even though Pakistan was the first nation to call upon the rest of the world for more flexibility in dealing with the Taliban, Islamabad too has not yet recognised the Taliban regime.
Six of Afghanistan’s immediate neighbours China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will attend the meeting are meeting in China next month and this would be one of the top issues on their agenda. They will be joined by a Taliban delegation.
Russia, although not an immediate neighbour, was invited to the previous meeting and may attend this meeting as well. India, however, has not been invited.
Ambassador Akram said the UN resolution, adopted on Thursday, had one shortcoming: ?There’s no reference to the de facto government in Afghanistan,? although it does mention the need to work with relevant authorities.
France and India had opposed any reference to the de facto authorities and managed to keep it out of the mandate. (UNI)
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