The Ambassador of Afghanistan is seeking assurance the federal government will not take back financial pledges for least-developed and post-conflict nations in order to deliver $425 million in tsunami relief.

Omar Samad says he is waiting until the "water settles" before scheduling a meeting on the topic with officials at Foreign Affairs and CIDA. However, in a highly unusual move, the ambassador went public last week with his concern that the Martin government still hasn't specified which countries, if any, will see adjustments to their share of Canadian development assistance.

"On the one hand, we are very touched by the disaster itself and the casualties around the world and the destruction that it brought to several countries. And the response to the tsunami has been positive," says the former television producer, political commentator and, prior to his arrival in September, spokesperson for Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.