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| Neighbours Cannot Veto Afghan International Agreements: Spanta |
| 2011-05-17 |
| [Tolo News] Head of Afghan National Security Council, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, on Monday warned he will not allow neighbours to veto Afghanistan's strategic agreements with other countries. Addressing the House of Representatives, Mr Spanta said until he is in charge of Afghan strategic talks, none of the neighbours will be given the right to veto the process. He said Afghanistan has to make its decisions based on national interests and that the Afghan government and parliament should jointly decide on how to proceed. Mr Spanta who appeared before parliamentarians along with Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rasoul, said Afghanistan should not seek any country's permission to decide about its internal affairs. "Why should Afghanistan seek permission from neighbours or other countries including the United States to choose its friends and enemies?" Spanta said. "I personally emphasise that we should decide our fates ourselves based on our national interests. Did Pakistain consult us before testing their nukes in Baluchistan? Did they ask us when they decided to hide the world terrorist leader in Islamabad for ten years?, Spanta further said. Spanta said legalising international presence in Afghanistan, national illusory sovereignty, and equipment of Afghan security and defence system are all of vital importance to Afghanistan. He said the Afghan government has put forward some conditions to the US government about strategic partnership. He said the Afghanistan's Caped President has no intention to push holding a traditional gathering (jirga) to decide about the strategic partnership with the United States, as it would undermine authorities of the Afghan parliament that has the right to decide on such issues. Meanwhile, ...back at the sea battle, the Terror of the Baltic's career had come to an abrupt and watery end... Afghan Foreign Minister, Zalmai Rasoul, told parliamentarians that neighbours have expressed some concerns that he has to share, but he emphasised that the final decision has to be made by Afghans based on their national interests. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 OK, so what intervened to enable free voting in Afghanistan? |
| Posted by: Thineling White6124 2011-05-17 14:30 |