Chinese, Taliban representatives to fulfill in Qatar

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet with Taliban representatives throughout a visit this week to the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar, an official mentioned Monday.

The talks throughout Wang’s go to, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, are the newest high-level contact between the edges and can “provide an opportunity to have an in-depth exchange of views on Afghanistan’s situation and issues of joint concern,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin mentioned at a each day briefing.Beijing lengthy opposed operations by US and NATO forces in Afghanistan — with which it shares a slim border — whereas benefiting from the relative stability that the presence supplied. It has stored its embassy open in Kabul however has not acknowledged the Taliban as the federal government of Afghanistan. It has urged the group to not present a protected haven for Islamic militants in search of independence for the northwestern Chinese area of Xinjiang.“Since August this year, the situation in Afghanistan has undergone fundamental changes and the Afghan people have a historic opportunity to independently decide the country’s destiny. Meanwhile, however, they still face many difficulties and challenges and are in urgent need of external support,” Wang mentioned.“As a traditional friendly neighbor and partner of Afghanistan, China always called for dialogue and contact to guide the development of the Afghan situation in a positive direction and help the Afghan people to get over difficulties,” he mentioned.Wang met with a delegation led by a high Taliban chief, Abdul Ghani Baradar, in July within the Chinese metropolis of Tianjin, shortly earlier than the group seized energy from Afghanistan’s elected authorities.At that assembly, Wang referred to the Taliban as “a pivotal military and political force in Afghanistan” that’s “expected to play an important role in the process of peace, reconciliation and reconstruction.”China has urged the group to maintain border crossings open, whereas providing $31 million in humanitarian help together with 3 million doses of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines.China has beforehand signed offers for oil, gasoline and copper mining in Afghanistan, though these have lengthy been dormant.Chinese officers have known as for an inclusive authorities in Afghanistan however mentioned nearly nothing in regards to the Taliban’s restrictions on girls’s entry to work and training and different human rights points.