The United States and the European Union have avoided so far officially recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistanwho took power last August, but in practice they treat it “as if it were a recognized State”, The Afghan interim foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, assured this Saturday.
“We have good talks with Europe and with the US. Fortunately, in their dealings with us they regard us as if we were an officially recognized State. For compelling reasons they cannot recognize us, but in practice they treat us as a recognized countryMuttaqi told the Turkish agency Anadolu.
The minister, who is taking part in the Antalya Diplomatic Forum that has been held since yesterday in the municipality of Belek, on the Turkish Mediterranean coast, denounced that Washington had “illegally” frozen the funds of the Afghan Central Bank and asked that they be reintegrated into the organism.
But he pointed out that “Relations with the United States are changing for the better” and expressed his hope that “they will understand that a shared and diplomatic attitude is needed, without putting pressure on Afghanistan.”
Muttaqi assured that since the US withdrawal last August, the Afghan economy has been developing, “every day problems are solved and universities are opened”, and stressed that today there are already “42,000 students, men and women”. , in Afghan universities. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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