Muttaqi meets envoys from 14 countries in Doha to discuss crisis

Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi attended a meeting in Doha on Wednesday evening with representatives and ambassadors of 14 countries to discuss the relationship between the new Afghan government and the international community.

During the meeting Muttaqi called on the international community to urge the United States to release Afghanistan’s national reserves.

Muttaqi said that for the first time in 40 years, Afghanistan is now a “sovereign and responsible system and [the IEA] has met all conditions to be recognized as a government”.

During the meeting, foreign ambassadors and special envoys in turn expressed satisfaction with the Afghan delegation’s remarks, ministry of foreign affairs spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi tweeted.

In addition to this, Muttaqi also met with US mission chief for Afghanistan in Doha, Ian McCary and a seven-member delegation in Doha on Wednesday where he had in-depth discussions on bilateral issues, Balkhi said.

As a follow up of previous bilateral meetings, both sides held detailed discussions and exchanged views about US-Afghan relations and other related issues, Balkhi added.

Meanwhile, here in Kabul, Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa, acting Minister of Information and Culture, told Ariana News that these meetings were beneficial to the Islamic Emirate (IE) and said that through these meetings, the international community has pledged to help Afghanistan.