Kanani’s reaction to the news of the change of the Consul General of Afghanistan in Mashhad

According to the foreign policy group Tasnim news agency, Nasser Kanani, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country, in response to the journalists’ question about some news published in connection with the changes in the staff of the Consulate General of Afghanistan in Mashhad, stated: Any changes in the consular staff are subject to the provisions defined in the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

He added: In the meeting dated 29 May 1403, the head of the Afghan Embassy in Tehran with the Director General of South Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the request made to change the staff of the Consulate General of Afghanistan in Mashhad, to It was explained to him that the appointment and change of employees in each consular post is among the powers of the sending government, but they must be introduced to the receiving government in the defined ways and after obtaining the approval of the receiving government and receiving visas, enter the receiving country for the defined mission. and work in the specified mission.

Kanaani clarified: This issue has been conveyed to other officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan in different ways. Therefore, the officials of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs are expected to act in accordance with the 1963 Vienna Convention and in accordance with internationally recognized methods for any changes and developments in their consular staff.

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