{"id":6299,"date":"2021-09-23T08:02:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T08:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=6299"},"modified":"2021-09-23T08:02:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T08:02:06","slug":"china-calls-for-lifting-sanctions-on-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2021\/09\/china-calls-for-lifting-sanctions-on-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"China calls for lifting sanctions on Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) \u2013 China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the various unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan should be lifted as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement, citing Wang at a virtual G20 foreign ministers’ meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan’s foreign exchange reserves are national assets that should belong to the country’s people and be used by its own people, and not be used as a bargaining chip to exert political pressure on Afghanistan, he said.<\/p>\n

While most of the countries have adopted a wait-and-see approach to engagement with the Taliban, China has said it is ready to deepen \u201cfriendly and cooperative\u201d relations with the Taliban following their takeover. It has also\u00a0expressed willingness<\/a>\u00a0to maintain communication with the leaders of the new Taliban government in Afghanistan, calling its establishment a “necessary step” in reconstruction, reported Reuters.<\/p>\n

Last month, Hua Chunying, a spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry, had\u00a0said<\/a>, “The Taliban have repeatedly expressed their hope to develop good relations with China, and that they look forward to China’s participation in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome this. China respects the right of the Afghan people to independently determine their own destiny and is willing to continue to develop … friendly and cooperative relations with Afghanistan,\u201d she had added.<\/p>\n

That followed Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen\u00a0saying<\/a>\u00a0China had played a constructive role in promoting peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan and was welcome to contribute to the rebuilding of the country.<\/p>\n

“China is a big country with a huge economy and capacity \u2014 I think they can play a very big role in the rebuilding, rehabilitation, reconstruction of Afghanistan,” Shaheen had told\u00a0CGTN\u00a0television in an interview.<\/p>\n

Moreover, a Taliban spokesperson was\u00a0quoted\u00a0by the media as saying that they wanted to have Afghanistan incorporated in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.<\/p>\n

China, along with Pakistan, the US and Russia, is a member of the \u2018Extended Troika\u2019 that has been working for peace in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

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ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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