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US envoy says 4th Doha meeting on the cards
Washington’s chargé d’affaires to Afghanistan, Karen Decker, said Wednesday a 4th Doha meeting on Afghanistan will be held in the near future but that before this can take place, many discussions need to be held.
In a discussion with journalists, Decker said Afghanistan’s problems are very complex and in order to deal with them, the United Nations intends to appoint a special representative.
UN representatives clearly stated this at the last Doha meeting, in Qatar early this month, she said adding that the appointment of a central figure to take the lead on the Afghanistan situation was needed.
She also said that at the last Doha meeting, special representatives of countries that attended put the rights of Afghan women at the center of their strategies and warned the Islamic Emirate that Afghanistan would not progress by excluding half of its population from society.
Decker emphasized that the world will judge the current government of Afghanistan based on their actions.
She added that practically nothing has happened to lift the sanctions or integrate the caretaker government with the international community.
“We have not given in to the demands of the Taliban (IEA). The Taliban have demands that they have not achieved. They want foreign exchange reserves to be released. Sanctions should be lifted. Afghanistan’s seat in the United Nations should be given to the Taliban, but such things have not happened,” she said.
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Kazakhstan calls for coordinated international engagement with Afghanistan
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi has called for pragmatic and coordinated international engagement with Afghanistan, saying the country’s long-term stability is closely linked to the security and sustainable development of Central Asia.
Speaking during the general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday, Tileuberdi said humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan remains essential but alone cannot break the cycle of poverty, displacement and dependency.
He said Kazakhstan supports a “pragmatic, coordinated and step-by-step” approach to international engagement with Afghanistan, with the United Nations playing a central role.
Tileuberdi also said Kazakhstan is working with the UN to operationalize the United Nations Regional Centre for the Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan in Almaty.
He said the success of the centre should be measured by the results and assistance it delivers to the region.
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