By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 26, 2023 at 8:14 PM
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow “will not recognize the Taliban government de-jure unless it fulfils its internationally recognized obligations,” namely “inclusivity of governing bodies, not just in the ethnic sense, but also in the political one.”
Lavrov made the remarks on Tuesday at a news conference to sum up the results of his visit to the United States within the framework of Russia’s presidency in the UN Security Council.
However, he said that the “Taliban is a reality” and that “talks with them on the ground are necessary.”
“The formation of an inclusive government and ensuring the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan are the main wishes of the people of Afghanistan that the international community and the regional countries understand completely,” said Nematullah Bizhan, international relations analyst.
This comes as the US special envoy for Afghanistan’s women and human rights, Rina Amiri, said on Twitter that “there will be no normalization of relations with the Taliban without respect for the rights of all Afghans, especially women.”
Speaking at a press conference, the US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel, referring to a gathering of Afghan leaders in Vienna and an upcoming conference in Doha, said that “any kind of recognition of the Taliban is completely off the table.”
But the Islamic Emirate said that the formation of the government is the internal affair of the country.
“The format of the government, definition of the government, and the rights of the people are the issues belonging to the people of Afghanistan. It is better that a country does not interfere in the issues that belong to Afghanistan,” said Zabiullah Mujahid, the Islamic Emirate’s Spokesman.
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