Italy to transfer its Afghanistan embassy to Qatar – Middle East Monitor

Italy plans to maneuver its Afghan embassy to Doha, in Qatar, Italian Overseas Minister Luigi Di Maio stated on Sunday, the most recent indication of Western diplomats establishing completely outdoors Afghanistan within the wake of the Taliban takeover, experiences Reuters.

The announcement follows earlier alerts that Western nations and the European Union, which have closed their missions in Kabul, could use the Gulf state as an offshore hub for his or her diplomatic relations with Afghanistan.

Many diplomats flew to the Gulf state, which has hosted the Taliban’s political workplace since 2013, after evacuating the Afghan capital late final month.

China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and Turkey have stored their embassies within the Afghan capital open, growing their alternatives to instantly affect a brand new authorities which is within the technique of being fashioned.

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“I’ll meet in the present day with the Emir of Qatar after which with the overseas minister as a result of it’s our intention to relocate the embassy we had in Kabul to Doha,” stated Di Maio, who was talking in a video name from Doha to businessmen and politicians attending a enterprise convention in Cernobbio on Lake Como.

“Qatar has turn out to be the centre of diplomatic relations with respect to this Afghan authorities that’s being fashioned,” Di Maio stated.

Sources inside the Taliban have stated its co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will lead a brand new Afghan authorities set to be introduced quickly.

America suspended operations at its Kabul embassy on August 31, a day after Washington accomplished the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, ending 20 years of warfare that culminated within the militant Taliban’s return to energy.