President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in a UN Security Council meeting on Afghan peace on Friday night said, that the only recognized legitimate state is the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and that the Islamic Emirate was not recognized by the United Nations.
The organization does not support the re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate.
“Today’s meeting on peace in Afghanistan demonstrates the strong commitment of the United Nations Security Council to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan,” he said, and goals are reached for a peaceful solution.
“Afghanistan is at the forefront of the fight against global terrorism. We are fighting together to defeat terrorism and can only achieve peace when we stand side by side,” he said.
The international community today has come to the conclusion that Afghanistan must reach a political solution and be a sovereign, united and democratic nation, and the world, and preserve the achievements of the past two decades, and expand it, he said.
He called on UN council to put pressure on The Taliban.
“I would request the council to stress the effective and thorough implementation of sanctions regimes as a key instrument for the success of the negotiations with the Taliban. The Taliban has yet to fulfill the conditions set,” Ghani said, “Sanctions can only be effective if implemented by all.”
“The current level of violence of the Taliban, especially against civilians, is unacceptable. it undermines the peace negotiations and a ceasefire is urgently needed” said Pekka Haavisto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland during the meeting.
This is coming at a time when Intra-Afghan talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Qatar are facing an uncertain fate and the war in the country has intensified.
