Beijing: China on Wednesday supports Taliban’s request that the US must berate Afghanistan assets and say that America has no legal reason to do it as a Chinese envoy to Kabul to attack the Afghan Foreign Minister and congratulations on the temporary government.
According to reports from Washington, the US has freezed assets of around $ 9.5 billion belonging to the Afghan Central Bank and stopped the delivery of cash to Kabul, in an effort to keep the Taliban government access money.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters here that the US did not have a legitimate reason to freeze Afghan assets.
Asked about the Taliban request that the US must berate Afghan assets stating that they belong to the Afghans and the government while taking legal action to get funds released, Zhao said: “I think spokesman (Taliban) is good”.
“These assets belong to Afghans.” They (US) must respond to the legitimate request of the Afghans and stopped the wrong sanctions and stopped making obstacles for the peace and reconstruction of Afghanistan, “he said.
After the confiscation of Taliban power in Afghanistan last month, The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank stopped their assistance to the country hit by a war which mostly depends on the flow of foreign funds.
According to reports from Kabul, the Afghan economy almost collapses even when the United Nations has made busy efforts to digenge global efforts to hunt for food and important inventory.
Meanwhile, in the main encouragement for the Taliban while the Taliban who struggled to get international recognition because it consisted mainly of Taliban leaders, contrary to his promise to form an inclusive government, the Chinese Ambassador in Kabul Wang Yu met by acting Afghan Foreign Minister at the day of Afghanistan A.
“This afternoon, bearing the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Afghan Islamic Emirates Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi met with the Chinese Ambassador in Kabul,” Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem in a tweet, added that the Chinese Ambassador “congratulated” the new Afghan government “.
Wang also promised that “China will continue with humanitarian, economic and political cooperation with Afghanistan,” said the official Russian news agency quoted by Naem.
” Muttaqi thanked China for his help, “said Naem.
Report from Kabul Pakistan Ambassador to Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan has also fulfilled Muttaqi.
China with Pakistan and Russia has opened their embassies in Kabul.
Wang, in his meeting with Muttaqi, appreciating the effort Afghan to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens, CGTN-TV managed by China State reported.
He said China Respect for the sovereignty, independence and integrity of the Afghan region and support the people of Afghanistan to choose their own development path.
Request a reaction to the Chinese Ambassador meeting with Muttaqi Spokesman Zhao said: “I can tell you that the Chinese embassy in Afghanistan operates normally.
We are ready to maintain communication with the new government in Afghanistan “.
China, which previously urged the Taliban to form an open, inclusive and moderate government, defend the Taliban government as a” step needed “to restore order and” end anarchy “.
Since the Taliban is in power, China has asked him to make a net break from terrorist groups and especially not to allow Uygur militant groups from Xinjiang, the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM).
Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told the Chinese Global Times on September 10, because the Taliban came to power, guerrilla Etim has left Afghanistan.
He did not determine where they fled.
China said Etim was a militant group supported by Al-Qaida who fought for independence in the fluctuating Xinjiang Province.
The Xinhua news agency managed by the State on Wednesday reported that the Taliban intelligence head in Kundu Province North Afghanistan Haji Najibullah Haron has said that reports on the presence of militants affiliated with Islamic State (ISIS) groups are baseless and made.
“Peace that survives has returned to Kunduz Province and people live in peace there and every report on the presence of militant Daesh (Islamic State) in Kunduz is completely unfounded,” Haron told reporters on Wednesday.
Afghanistan will not allow anyone to sabotate peace and security in Kunduz or other parts of the country, he added.