MONITORING (SW) – Amid ongoing condemnation of the US over split of Afghan state funds by the President Joe Biden, the Chinese foreign ministry too has criticized Washington over the move.
“The richest country in the world is blatantly plundering the wealth of the poorest! Whatever the pretext, the wealth of the #Afghan people should be owned and controlled by themselves, especially at their hour of greatest need”, tweeted Hua Chunying, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson.
The US President Joe Biden’s move to split Afghanistan’s state reserves worth some $ 7 billion has been widely condemned.
Last week, US President Joe Biden signed a decree freeing $ 7 billion of Afghanistan’s foreign exchange reserves. Under the decree, $ 3.5 billion is earmarked for humanitarian assistance and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and another $ 3.5 billion for compensation to the relatives of the victims of the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
The US President’s decision has provoked national and international reactions.
In the first place, the Islamic Emirate criticized the issuance of this decree, calling it an inhumane decision. Mohammad Naeem, a spokesman for its political bureau in Qatar, wrote on Twitter: “The theft and seizure of money blocked by the United States shows the lowest level of human and moral depravity of a country and a nation.”
Human Rights Watch also issued a statement calling the decision “problematic” for Afghanistan. The agency stressed that the frozen money belonged to Afghans and should be allocated to Afghan citizens.
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