According to Zamir Kabulov, director of the Second Asian Department of the Russian Foreign Minister, Russia has no intentions to close its diplomatic mission in Kabul, TASS reported.
“Such thoughts have not even occurred,” Kabulov said when asked whether Russia had such plans.
The Al-Arabiya TV channel stated that several Arab and Western governments have opted to close their embassies in Kabul due to security concerns.
According to the foreign ministry of Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Kabul was closed on February 2 due to the security threats of possible attacks on the diplomatic mission by ISIS.
Based on the confirmed source from the Saudi Arabian foreign ministry, ISIS was preparing to use a car bomb to strike the Saudi diplomatic mission in Kabul. As a result, they closed the embassy in Kabul and evacuated the staff to Islamabad.
However, Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for IEA, stated that Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic mission had been opened in Kabul. “Saudi diplomats have travelled to Riyadh for training and will return to Kabul after a week or so,” he said.
