The visit to Agry Aghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi, scheduled for Sunday, October 12, was canceled. After a great stir, Afghan FM reportedly called fresh press meetings, this time she invited female journalists.
AGRA officials did not provide any explanation of cancellation. Afghan Foreign Minister planned to visit Taj Mahal in Agra. Muttaqi was expected to spend about an hour and a half on the memorial before going back to Delhi. The District Administration Department also confirmed the abolition according to the PTI.
The upcoming print is reportedly scheduled at 14:00 Indian Standard Time (IST).
The opposition and media bodies on Saturday called the absence of female journalists from a press conference on a visit to Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday “unacceptable” and “insulting women”.
The Editors of the India Guild and the Indian Female Press Commission (IWPC) condemned this act as highly discriminatory and unjustifiable. The Guild said: “While diplomatic spaces may claim protection according to the Vienna Convention that cannot justify the glaring sex discrimination in the print approach on Indian soil.” They also expressed concern and said, “Whether the Mea event coordinates, it is deeply worrying that such discriminatory exclusion was allowed to proceed without objection.”
Meanwhile, IWPC urged the Indian government to solve the problem with the Afghan embassy to prevent the future exclusion of gender -based media briefingtech.
Muttaqi’s Media A-Reported and Mea clarify
“There was no restriction on Afghan Foreign Minister who would participate,” said PTI Deoband for Ashraf Usmani, also on Saturday Muttaqi.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also explained that there was no involvement at a press conference organized by Muttaqi-. The ministry said: “Mea did not attack the press interaction, which was yesterday Afghan FM in Delhi.”
Muttaqi’s Indian visit
Muttaqi, who arrived at Nový Delhi on Thursday for a six -day visit, is the first high -ranking Minister of Taliban to come to India since the group took control of four years ago. India officially did not recognize the Taliban government.
His visit to India occurs in the middle of tense relationships between India and Afghanistan with Pakistan, which arise from various questions, including cross -border terrorism.
On Saturday, Afghan Foreign Minister Darul Uloom Deoband in Saranpur, one of the most important Islamic seminars of South Asia, visited.
“I am grateful for such a great welcome and affection that people show here. I hope that India-Afghanistan’s ties are proceeding further. We send new diplomats and I hope that people are also visiting Kabul. I have stronger ties in the future.
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