The world organization on Tuesday said in a statement issued by Amir Han Mottaki, the foreign minister in the Taliban executive branch, that the extremist Islamist movement that is seizing power in Afghanistan is also keen to speak in a high-level public debate at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Government.
In the letter, Mottaki requested the opportunity to participate in the public discussion on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Taliban argued, among other things, that the Afghan president, Ashraf Jani, had been ousted and fled abroad, and thus was not recognized as head of state by other nations. Extremists have also questioned the mandate of the UN ambassador to Afghanistan so far.
The General Secretariat of the World Organization sent the letter to the committee responsible for further scrutiny. It was not yet clear who would speak on behalf of Afghanistan in the general debate until Monday.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the letter was received by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on September 15 from the Afghan ambassador currently accredited to the world body, Gholam Isakzai. As he said, the list of the Taliban delegation to be sent to New York was also attached to the letter. He added that Guterres also received a second letter signed by Mottaki on September 20, in which the Taliban announced their intention to participate in the high-level public debate as well. Dujarric said the Taliban withdrew Ishaq’s mandate and appointed a former spokesman for Sohail Shaheen in his place.
