Afghanistan: Uzbekistan Will Not Recognize Islamic Emirate 'Alone', Envoy

KABUL, 07 May 2022, (TON): An envoy of Uzbekistan said “in the current situation the country is not ready to recognize the Islamic Emirate alone.”

Ismatulla Irgashev, the Uzbek president's special representative for Afghanistan, in an interview said “it would be difficult for the new government in Kabul to qualify for international recognition any time soon.”

Irgashev said "the Taliban don't want to be isolated.”

"They want international recognition."

While urging greater engagement with the Islamic Emirate, Irgashev said Tashkent is committed to moving ahead with formal recognition only in concert with the international community.

He said "we will not recognize them alone.”

"When it happens, we want a collective voice and stand."

Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron, president of France, and Narendra Modi, prime minister of India, during their meeting in Paris expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis and human rights violations in Afghanistan and called for creation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan.

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