You want to have a say: The radical Islamic Taliban are demanding participation in the general debate at the UN General Assembly. It is unclear whether they are filing a recorded video message or whether Foreign Minister Amir Chan Motaki will appear in person.
The new rulers in the Hindu Kush also want to represent their country in international dialogue: The radical Islamic Taliban have demanded participation in the general debate at the UN General Assembly in New York. As UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced on Tuesday, the United Nations received a corresponding letter from Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Chan Motaki the day before. The deposed Afghan UN ambassador, Ghulam Isacsai, also asked to participate.
According to the United Nations, Motaki’s letter was on the letterhead of the Foreign Ministry of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”. It says that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was deposed on August 15 and is no longer recognized abroad as the country’s head of state. The mission of the previous Afghan ambassador to the United Nations, Isacsai, has also ended. Mohammed Suhail Shahin had been nominated as the new ambassador.
According to the spokesman, the letter did not reveal whether Motaki wanted to travel to New York or whether the Taliban would submit a recorded video message, as many participants are doing this year due to the corona pandemic.
Taliban government has not yet been recognized by any country
The UN spokesman also said that UN Secretary-General António Guterres had received another letter from Isacsai stating a list of the Afghan delegation for the meeting. A committee consisting of nine member countries to examine the applications will now examine both letters. This committee, which includes the USA, Russia and China, is supposed to decide who will give the speech for Afghanistan in the general debate.
The Islamists had regained power in the country in mid-August amid the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. They then formed a transitional government. So far, no country has recognized the Taliban government, but some heads of state and government have made positive comments.
The general debate of the UN General Assembly began on Tuesday. Around a hundred heads of state and government and numerous foreign ministers take part in the one-week high-level diplomatic meeting.
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