Taliban: Recognition of the Afghan government is the national and legal right of the Afghan people

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in its statement, called for interaction with the Taliban without official recognition by the international community.

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“Relations with Afghanistan must be built taking into account the new reality — the coming to power of the Taliban movement,” the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

On Wednesday, following the results of the “Moscow Format” consultations on Afghanistan, the Russian Foreign Ministry and other participants called for interaction with the Taliban regardless of the international community’s official recognition of the new Afghan government.

The parties also expressed respect for the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Afghanistan and pointed out the need to form “a genuinely inclusive government that adequately reflects the interests of all major ethnopolitical forces in the country.”

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that negotiations with representatives of the radical terrorist movement are necessary for a better understanding of the situation in Afghanistan. “Direct contacts are aimed precisely at better understanding the intentions of the Taliban, what their main line is, and what their plans are for the medium and long-term,” concluded the official representative of the Kremlin.

Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban government Abdul Salam Hanafi, in a conversation with the International News Channel for Afghanistan, stated that all participants in the “Moscow Format” meeting were united in their opinion to restore peace in Afghanistan and return the country’s frozen assets to pay salaries to government employees and university professors.

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He added that although countries have not officially announced recognition of the Afghan government, their willingness to cooperate is a sign of their recognition of the Afghan government.

Hanafi emphasized that the recognition of the new Afghan government by the international community is a national and legitimate right of the Afghan people and that all countries in the world should respect the rights of Afghans and recognize their government.

Recall that on October 20, the third meeting of the “Moscow Format” on Afghanistan took place at the “President Hotel” in Moscow. This time, in addition to the Taliban, representatives from India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan arrived in Moscow.