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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Kazakhstan removes the Taliban from the list of terrorists

2024-06-04

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

[Regnum] Kazakhstan removed the Taliban movement (an organization under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) from the terrorist list in order to develop economic cooperation with Afghanistan. This was stated by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

“Kazakhstan has removed the Taliban regime from the terrorist list, based on the importance of developing trade and economic cooperation with modern Afghanistan,” the press service of the head of Kazakhstan quotes him as saying.

One of the strategic tasks at the present stage is the active involvement of Afghanistan in interregional ties, Tokayev added.

As Regnum reported, on May 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice of Russia reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Taliban movement could be removed from the list of terrorists. The special representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan, head of the second department of Asia under the Russian Foreign Ministry, Zamir Kabulov, then said that recognition of the Taliban has become much closer than when they came to power in Afghanistan in 2021.

Russia has also sent an invitation to representatives of the Taliban movement to take part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which will be held from June 5–8. The movement confirmed its participation in SPIEF.

The Russian leader said on May 28 that the status of the Taliban movement is constantly being discussed. Putin added that Russia takes into account the opinion of each country in the region on the issue of recognizing the Taliban. The decision, as the president said, will be worked out together.

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