Aid is EU's bargaining chip in any Taliban recognition, says Slovenian EU presidency

FILE PHOTO: Slovenian Foreign Minister Anze Logar attends a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) following their talks in Moscow, Russia May 28, 2021. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool via REUTERS

BLED, Slovenia (Reuters) - The European Union is far from deciding whether to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan after it took over the country last month but EU aid money will determine what conditions might apply, Slovenia's foreign minister said.

Anze Logar, whose country holds the six-month presidency of the EU, said the Taliban's designation as a terrorist organisation by some EU states meant that recognition was not just a diplomatic issue, but also a legal one.