KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has ordered immediate action for bringing about reforms to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
Seddiq Seddiqi, spokesman to the president, told a press conference here that President Ghani on Saturday shared his directives about some changes for better management in MoFA.
“The president has ordered the acting foreign minister to take urgent steps for reforms in the ministry, people should be hired based on acceptable standards and merit,” he said.
Quoting the president, Seddiqi said the number of Afghan diplomats was much higher and they should be reduced and quality of the affairs improved in the foreign ministry.
The president had also ordered the foreign minister to develop and implement laws and regulations needed in the ministry.
“The president’s view is that the foreign minister should be more active with regard to the country’s foreign policy and have an economy-centric policy”, Seddiqi said.
MoFA is directed to provide reports about the country’s foreign missions’ buildings’ situation in order to repaired if needed, he added.
Without giving details, he said, “Some challenges exist in the ministry which need urgent action to be dealt with.”
To a question why the president focused only on MoFA about reforms, he said, “We have been working on reforms for the past five years, we started serious work for reforms in the Ministry of Education last week, this process goes in all areas.”
Gran Hiwad, MoFA spokesman, told the press conference that the ministry would soon start action for reforms.
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