The Taliban appoints an ambassador to the UAE

The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which runs it, announced Taliban movement Appoints the first accredited ambassador to the UAE, which is the second country to accept an ambassador from the Taliban government at this stage after China.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs – in a statement released late yesterday, Wednesday – said that Mawlawi Badr al-Din Haqqani was appointed as ambassador to Abu Dhabi.

“An ambassador will be present,” she said Afghanistan “The newly approved credentials will be officially transferred to the President of the United Arab Emirates shortly at an official ceremony. “

For its part, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported – in a statement – that Saif Abdullah Al Shamsi, Deputy Secretary of Protocol Affairs, received a copy of the credentials of the Afghan ambassador, who previously held the position of Chargé d’Affairs of Afghan embassy in Abu Dhabi.

The Taliban have economic ties with the UAE, which has won contracts to run operations at Kabul Airport in 2022.

On June 4, he met with the President of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al NahyanAfghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani In the capital, Abu Dhabi.

The two sides discussed “strengthening friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries and ways to develop them in a way that fulfills common interests and contributes to the stability of the region.”

On August 16, the Emirati president visited the head of the interim government of Afghanistan, Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, who was being treated in a hospital in the Emirates.

No foreign capital has officially recognized the Taliban government, but only Beijing has officially accepted ambassador credentials from the government.

The Taliban sent emissaries to several countries, including neighboring Pakistan, to take up “chargé d’affaires” positions at the head of the missions.

Although China and the UAE have not officially recognized the Taliban government and have not confirmed any official change in relations, international diplomats and analysts say that the official acceptance of an ambassador is an ambiguous step at the level of international diplomacy and that it may be an improvement of relations.

The Taliban movement entered the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, on August 15, 2021, after the disintegration of the Afghan security forces, which were created with the help of the West over the years, and… Ashraf Ghani The former president supported by the United States.