After China, the United Arab Emirates will receive the Taliban Ambassador’s Letter of Credit

Government United Arab Emirates (UAE) has received ambassador (ambassador) credentials from the government Taliban in Afghanistan. Thus, the UAE became the second country after that China who did this

Reported by the news agency AFP, On Friday (23/8/2024), the oil-rich Gulf country said it was committed to “building bridges” to help the people of Afghanistan. This was expressed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan announcing on social media that the new ambassador Mawlawi Badruddin Haqqani was received at a ceremony in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The UAE’s closer ties with the Taliban government include the management of Afghanistan’s airports by an Emirati company, GAAC, after the withdrawal of US troops and the Taliban’s return to power in 2021.

The reception of the ambassador would be seen as a victory by the Taliban authorities. The Taliban government remains largely isolated internationally and is not recognized by the United Nations (UN), in part because it denies girls access to secondary education.

“The world recognizes the challenges Afghanistan has faced in recent years,” a UAE official said in a statement sent to AFP on Thursday evening.

“The decision to accept the credentials of the Afghan ambassador reaffirms our determination to contribute to building bridges to help the Afghan people,” he said.

UAE Government plans to “provide humanitarian aid through development and reconstruction projects and support efforts towards de-escalation and regional stability,” the UAE official said in the statement.