ISLAMABAD: Afghan authorities metPakistani officials over the issueofsecurity and intervention by provincialgovernor Hayatullah Hayat inPakistanConsulate inJalalabad and said that the issue was a simple misunderstanding and wouldbe resolved soon.
During the meeting, the authorities discussed the possible suggestions forsecurity of the consulate building. While speaking about the issue,spokesman for the Afghan Foreign Ministry said the governor’s interventionwas a misunderstanding, which caused concern among staff at the Pakistaniconsulate in Jalalabad however, soon the problem will be solved.
Earlier, Pakistan had temporarily closed the Jalalabad Consulate on Fridayto protest the Nangarhar governor’s intervention. The decision was taken inreaction to provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat’s intervention inactivities of the consulate.
“The Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul deeply regrets undue intervention ofGovernor Hayatullah Hayat in the functioning of the Consulate General ofthe Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Jalalabad is complete violation of theVienna Convention of the Consular Relations 1963.”
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The embassy had said that the Consulate General will remain closed untilthe security arrangements are completed to the satisfaction of the embassy.The embassy had requested the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to “kindlyrefrain the governor from interfering in the functioning of the ConsulateGeneral and to ensure restoration of security of the consulate office as itexisted on August 28, 2018.”
