Afghanistan Peace CampaignSpokesperson Matthew Miller said that the US “strongly supports” the resolution’s call for a UN special envoy for Afghanistan.
At a press briefing, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that the US “strongly supports” the resolution’s call for a UN special envoy for Afghanistan.
“Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West and Special Envoy for Women, Girls, and Human Rights in Afghanistan Rina Amiri attended the last UN secretary-general’s meeting of Afghanistan envoys in May of last year, and they do plan to attend the next one this month in Doha. The meeting follows the UN Security Council resolution on Afghanistan adopted in December. The United States strongly supports the resolution’s call for a UN special envoy for Afghanistan, and urges the secretary-general to appoint a special envoy as soon as possible.
A special envoy will be well-positioned to coordinate international engagement on Afghanistan to achieve the objectives laid out in this resolution,” Miller said.
Meanwhile, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the ambassador and special envoy of Iran for Afghanistan, on X said: “If others are interested in the regional contact committee and countries follow engagement, we will face a stable Afghanistan.”
Earlier, Iran’s embassy in Afghanistan stated that a regional contact committee was being established to cooperate with the caretaker authorities of Afghanistan.
While the Doha meeting on Afghanistan is scheduled to be held on February 18, the Islamic Emirate’s intent to participate has not yet been confirmed.
Political analysts have varying views regarding the Doha meeting.
“The topic of discussion in this meeting is not recognition, but rather how to get the Islamic Emirate ready to accept world conditions and pave the way for interaction and recognition,”
said Sayed Bilal Ahmad Fatemi, another political analyst.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a meeting of various countries’ special representatives for Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar on February 18 and will continue for two days.
Some civil society activists, women’s rights advocates and a delegation of the Islamic Emirate have been invited to the meeting.