M'sia taking unhurried approach on recognising Taliban - Saifuddin
Malaysia has yet to make a decision on whether to recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said.
He said that Putrajaya will take a very cautious approach in arriving at a decision.
"We are following closely events that are occurring in Kabul, in particular, and the whole of Afghanistan (in general). We are taking a very cautious approach and we will be looking at the situation very closely from all angles," he told a press conference at Wisma Putra today.
"For the time being, we are still observing the situation before we take an official stand because we have been receiving daily various information from various quarters, so we are taking an unhurried approach," he said.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid speaking at a military unit at Kabul international airport.
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan headed by the democratically elected leader of President Ashraf Ghani fell to force and violence by the Taliban on Aug 15.
This came in the wake of US President Joe Biden withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, 20 years after it invaded the country to remove the Taliban from power.
Some quarters in Malaysia, including PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, defended the Taliban, saying the organisation which has taken over Afghanistan has changed for the better.
Hadi’s son, Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi, also congratulated the Taliban for “liberating” Afghanistan.
When asked if Malaysia believed that Taliban has changed, Saifuddin said that Wisma Putra would not judge another country.
"From the (aspect of) foreign policy, we don't judge another country's government," he said.
Malay-sian way is to recognize gomens formed not in parlimen but in Hotel Ballrooms and Rich Politician's House (enter via back-door).
ReplyDeleteNext step is to recognize gomen formed by militants armed with automatic weapons invading democratically elected Presidential Palace.
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This is learning from 5000 yo Bullyland, who will soon recognize Telly-ban, just as they have recognized Cruel Myanmar Military Junta, who Rampas-sed kuasa from democratically elected gomen of Aung Sang Su Kyi.
Sorry Mam.....you may have won election but..... https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1691E/production/_110564429_059219250-1.jpg
..Modern Mao Only Loves A Winner, to hell with demokrasi or elections..
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China Starts Calling Myanmar Junta “Government”
By THE IRRAWADDY 11 August 2021
China has started calling the Myanmar junta the “government” and pledged US$6 million to fund 21 development projects in the country.
A statement from the junta’s foreign ministry said that the funds were to be transferred from China for projects within the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation framework. It said they included animal vaccines, culture, agriculture, science, tourism and disaster prevention.
China’s ambassador to Myanmar, Chen Hai, and Wunna Maung Lwin, the regime’s foreign minister, signed the agreement via video conference.
During the video conference meeting, China’s ambassador addressed Wunna Maung Lwin as “His Excellency Union Minister for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”.
On August 8, just seven days after the junta announced the formation of a caretaker government on August 1, China also addressed the junta as “government” when it delivered COVID-19 vaccines to Myanmar. Coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is the self-appointed prime minister of the regime’s caretaker government.
Previously, Beijing has avoided referring to the military regime as a government. Before August, when delivering coronavirus vaccines, China referred to Myanmar as Naing Ngan, or country.
In June, China’s government made a “fundamental assessment” that Myanmar is moving into another prolonged period of military rule, according to the Financial Times.
During the first week of June, Ambassador Chen Hai met Snr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw, Myanmar’s capital, becoming the first ambassador to do so.
Yun Sun, an expert on Myanmar-China relations with the Stimson Center, a US think-tank, said, “I think the Chinese can see that this military coup is successful and is here to stay.”
China is one of the top investors in Myanmar and has strategic infrastructure projects in the country, including energy pipelines and a proposed port that would give Beijing a critical link to the Indian Ocean. China also continues to provide political and military support to ethnic armed groups based along the Myanmar-China border.
Some leaders of those ethnic armed organizations (EAO’s) recently told the Irrawaddy that China’s policy towards Myanmar is evolving post-coup and that Beijing will employ diverse strategies to contain both old and new political forces.
They added that China will also have a new approach to the EAO’s, but did not elaborate on what that will be.
Myanmar has seen sustained anti-China demonstrations since the military seized power in February, and factories owned and run by Chinese companies have been attacked.
Beijing has been accused of taking a soft approach towards the junta, but insists its priorities are stability and not interfering in the internal affairs of its neighbor.
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Wakakakakaka…
DeleteThose fart filled well dwellers must be on heat in finding fault!
All those trashy c&p become daily routine to vent those heat! Otherwise, life would sure be boring down there.
Ironically , Afghanistan is one country where Communism actually makes logical sense. Just don't have it imposed by a foreign power, under the boot of a foreign army.
ReplyDeleteThat rock-bottom, Dark Ages society that Afghanistan is probably needs a dose of home-grown Communism to bring it into civilisation.
Instead it is now being taken over by a Dark Ages extremist Islamist government to perpetuate its 7th Century situation under a theocracy.
Old moneyed mfer, u r still stuck in reading those old sock history of Afghanistan favoured & propagated by the western media!
DeleteMmm… can understand why those western media have such an incessant hate for afghanistan. The Afghans have singlehandedly buried two anmokausai invaders within their backyard.
But u?
Could u be one of those reincarnated anmokausai that still keep those busted ego?
Wakakakaka…