Sat 04 September 2021:
On Saturday, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio indicated that Rome may restart its mission to Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar.
The spokesman for the Taliban’s political office, Mohammad Naeem, tweeted on Friday that Italy has committed to restore its embassy in the Central Asian country.
The tweet was later removed. Earlier on Saturday, media outlets stated, citing sources in the Italian prime minister’s office, that reports that the country’s diplomatic mission will return to Kabul were false.
“We and our partners are currently discussing where to locate our embassies.
There is no security conditions to open them in Kabul, which is why we are becoming more and more settled on the idea to temporarily set them up in Doha,” Di Maio said during a visit to Uzbekistan, as quoted by Italian news agency Agenzia Nova.
Taliban capturing Kabul on August 15. Despite assurances from the Taliban that foreign emissaries will not be harmed, many countries have been evacuation their citizens and diplomatic personnel, as well as Afghans who cooperated with them.
After being evacuated from Kabul, the Italian embassy to Afghanistan continues its work in Rome.
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