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Pakistan said Wednesday it has asked the Taliban ambassador in Islamabad Abdul Salam Zaeef to stop his daily briefings for journalists on grounds that they do not conform to third country principles to be observed by embassies.
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Pakistan said Wednesday it has asked the Taliban ambassador in Islamabad Abdul Salam Zaeef to stop his daily briefings for journalists on grounds that they do not conform to third country principles to be observed by embassies.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Aziz Khan told a regular briefing that the Taliban ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday and advised to ''observe diplomatic norms'' and not to make statements directed against a third country.
''The Afghan ambassador was told and reminded of the third country role whereby a country cannot use its embassy against a third country,'' Khan said when asked to comment on reports that Pakistan has asked the Afghan envoy to stop his daily briefings at the embassy.
The Taliban ambassador, who had held regular briefings since the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan began Oct. 7, did not hold a briefing on Wednesday.
Pakistan is the only country that maintains diplomatic relations with the Taliban government, although it has been under continuous pressure from the United States and other countries, including Saudi Arabia, to sever these ties.
It has maintained that the Taliban Embassy in Islamabad serves as a window for the outside world and could contribute in terms of badly needed interaction between the Taliban and the international community.
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