DUBAI. Nov 10: The new foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement said in remarks published today his government would soon send a team to Pakistan for the first talks since the October coup in Islamabad, reports Reuters.

"Our position on what happened in Pakistan is that it is an internal matter. In relation to ties with Afghanistan, the matter is not yet clear," Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil told the United Arab Emirates newspaper. al-lttihad.

"So far there has be no meetings with Pakistani officials and we will soon send a delegation to Islamabad to discuss all issueshe added.

"Pakistani officials assured our ambassador in Islamabad during meetings that the previous policies did not change and that there will be no change in relations between us." said Muttawakil. who was named foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle in late October.

Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are the only three countries that recognise the Taliban's rule.

Nawaz Sharif, the former Pakistani prime minister ousted in the bloodless military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf on October 12. had blamed a wave of sectarian vio-lentJe" in P&kist&fi on "teri'6ir-ists" who trained at camps in ■ Afghanistan.