A media channel based in London Afghanistan International It has been reported that the representatives of the Afghan Interim Government participating in the 38th International Islamic Alliance Conference held in Tehran on Thursday. Iran K National anthems did not stand in respect of
According to the report, in the opening ceremony of this three-day conference, representatives of Islamic countries including Iran’s President Masoud Al-Mabazikian were present, during which the national anthem of Iran was played.
In the released video of the meeting, it was seen that the only representative of the Taliban government did not stand when the national anthem of Iran was played.
The Afghan Taliban has not commented on this yet.
On the other hand, the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran also did not say anything about this.
Earlier in Pakistan too, a representative of the Taliban government had shown similar behavior during the Pakistani national anthem at an official ceremony, when the Consul General of the Afghan Taliban in Peshawar, Muhibullah Shakir, was assaulted by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Ganda on September 17. Was invited to a conference at the invitation of Poor.
According to diplomatic etiquette, diplomats must stand when the national anthem of a host country is played, but Afghan Consul General Muhibullah Shakir and his colleagues remained in their seats for the occasion.
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After criticism in this regard, Peshawar Afghan Consulate spokesperson Shahidullah Zaheer told Independent Urdu that there was no meaning in disrespecting the national anthem of Pakistan, but the Consul General did not stand up because of the music in the anthem.
He said that the anthem of Afghanistan has been banned because of the music. If children sang the national anthem, diplomats could stand respectfully.
However, the Pakistani Foreign Office on the issue of ‘insulting’ its national anthem Afghanistan To explain rejected “Pakistan has the authority to take any step on the diplomatic front,” he said.
During the weekly press briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that Pakistan rejected the Afghan Consul General’s explanation for not standing in respect due to the music in the national anthem.
The spokesman said: ‘Desecration of the national anthem of the host country is a breach of diplomatic etiquette. We have recorded our protest in full.’
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch added: ‘We are consulting in this regard. Pakistan has the right to take any step on the diplomatic front, we reject the response issued by Afghanistan.
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2024-09-20 08:35:56
