MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 30, 2019: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a press conference following a meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House in Spiridonovka Street. Vladimir Gerdo/TASS Ðîññèÿ. Ìîñêâà. Ìèíèñòð èíîñòðàííûõ äåë ÐÔ Ñåðãåé Ëàâðîâ âî âðåìÿ ïðåññ-êîíôåðåíöèè ïî èòîãàì ðîññèéñêî-èðàíñêèõ ïåðåãîâîðîâ â Äîìå ïðèåìîâ ÌÈÄ íà Ñïèðèäîíîâêå. Âëàäèìèð Ãåðäî/ÒÀÑÑ

 

 

International recognition of the Taliban was not currently under consideration, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.

Lavrov was speaking on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. His comments come after the Taliban nominated a U.N. envoy, setting up a showdown over Afghanistan’s seat at the world body.

“The question of international recognition of the Taliban at the present juncture is not on the table,” Lavrov told a news conference.

Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Monday nominated the Islamist group’s Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s U.N. ambassador. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last month.

Ghulam Isaczai, the current U.N. ambassador who represents the Afghan government ousted by the Taliban, has also asked to renew his U.N. accreditation.

Russia is a member of a nine-member U.N credentials committee – along with China and the United States – which will deal with the competing claims on Afghanistan’s U.N. seat later this year. 

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the Taliban’s desire for international recognition is the only leverage other countries have to press for inclusive government and respect for rights, particularly for women, in Afghanistan.

When the Taliban last ruled between 1996 and 2001 the ambassador of the Afghan government they toppled remained the U.N. representative after the credentials committee deferred its decision on rival claims to the seat.


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