Talks will be held in Doha and New York to try to reach an international consensus on the conditions for recognizing the Taliban government AfghanistanAfter the Taliban took over Kabul earlier this month, Russia called on the United States to release Afghan central bank reserves blocked by Washington, after which there were signs of tension among the superpowers.
The Kremlin’s special envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said: “If our Western colleagues are really worried about the fate of the Afghan people, then we must not create additional problems for them by freezing gold and foreign exchange reserves.”
He stated that the United States must urgently unfreeze these assets “to support the exchange rate of its own currency that is collapsing.”
The major Western Group of Seven nations are meeting with Turkey, Qatar and NATO in Doha to discuss more details on how to reopen the Kabul civilian airport to allow those who want to leave Afghanistan with valid documents to do so. More than 100 countries have signed a joint statement saying Taliban It has been agreed to facilitate this. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Brinken will preside over the meeting, and the results of the meeting will be announced later.
At the same time, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (Heiko Maas) began a four-day sweep of the country bordering Afghanistan to ensure that they agreed to temporarily settle refugees or use the country as a transit point for processing. . So far, Qatar has become a transit point for more than 40% of the more than 100,000 refugees who have been transported out of the country by air. Mas will visit Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkey And Pakistan.
During his first stopover in Turkey, Mas said he was grateful for the country’s proposal. “We ask the Taliban to promise to provide security,” he said. “We have to negotiate with the Taliban. They want the airport to operate. In this regard, we are ready to contribute financially and technically.”
James Cleverly, Secretary of State for British Affairs Middle East and North Africa, Saying that he cannot see how foreign forces can operate Kabul Airport without ground boots, which is currently impossible.
On Monday, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a meeting of ambassadors from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council in New York. Russia, China, the United States, the United Kingdom and France-discuss a joint resolution on Afghanistan that may be passed later this week. The resolution was discussed over the weekend.
The UK stated that its four international priorities are: preventing Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorists; responding to humanitarian dilemmas; maintaining regional stability; and holding the Taliban accountable for human rights. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (Dominic Raab) stated that it is necessary for the West to develop pragmatic cooperation with Russia and Russia. China About the future of Afghanistan.
The Kremlin on Monday welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to establish a “safe zone” in Kabul to protect humanitarian operations.
“This is of course a proposal that must be discussed,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
