The US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price Saturday called for a “full and transparent” investigation into the assassination attack on Pakistan’s Head of Mission to Kabul Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani.
Price, while speaking in a daily press conference, said: “We offer our sympathies and wish a quick recovery to those affected by the violence.
“The United States is deeply concerned by the attack on a foreign diplomat, and we call for a full and transparent investigation,” he added.
Moreover, the UN Security Council also condemned the attack in the “strongest terms” and called for ensuring the safety of diplomatic and consular premises.
The 15-member council wished a speedy and full recovery to the security guard who was critically injured in the “reprehensible” attack.
It also underscored the need for bringing the perpetrators of the attack to justice.
“The members of the Security Council called on all relevant parties to respect and ensure the safety and security of diplomatic and consular premises and personnel of United Nations Member States,” it said.
“The members of the Security Council stressed the fundamental principle of the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises, and the obligations on receiving States under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to take all appropriate steps to protect diplomatic and consular premises against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of these missions or impairment of their dignity and any attack on diplomatic premises, agents and consular officers,” read the statement.
“The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers, and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice.
