LONDON: India as a key partner of the UK in the region and Chair of the United Nations Sanctions Committee will have a very important role in the face of the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan with the Taliban takeover, the British government said on Tuesday.
Dominic Raab’s foreign secretary said the road to the future will involve the creation of several international “contact groups” to ensure Afghanistan can never be used to launch a terrorist attack on the UK or its allies.
“I think this is very important in all things to work with a broader group of the same-minded countries but partners who can run maximum influence.
And it will mean, it is difficult like that, to engage with China and Russia and more partners close to India, “said Raab to the BBC.
The Minister of Senior Cabinet, who faced several criticisms to continue the plan of a summer vacation when the Capital of Kabul Afghanistan fell over the weekend, returned to London on Monday before the emergency parliament session on Wednesday.
He acknowledged that the international community was “caught” and that the scale of the Taliban progress “brought us all surprises”.
“Now about how we use every lever that we have for our pets to try and moderate the influence of the incoming regime.” Important things will work in the UN Security Council as a permanent member, using our G7 presidency, using not only with our NATO allies but with neighboring players and the main area and it will include difficult partners – from China and Russia, to Pakistan; India will be very important in this matter, “said Raab.
Referring to the planned action dealing with the Taliban regime, he added:” Through joint coordination about things like sanctions.
India is very important at the United Nations, it leads the sanction committee.
“China is a difficult partner for the UK, but we have a common interest as a permanent member as its members.
The Security Council in cooperating in Afghanistan.” The minister also said that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and British home secretary Priti Patel works on a resettlement scheme that is bespoke for those who need the most in Afghanistan.
He showed that the program would be focused on helping the most vulnerable and women and women in particular.
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Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 after being a target because the campaign for the education of girls, has asked countries around the world to “open their borders” to Afghan refugees.
Johnson also this week tried to use the British G7 presidency to encourage coordinated international responses to the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, after the collapse of the west-supported government since the withdrawal of US troops from the region.
He has held a call with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as part of this focus and down the road to say the call with other world leaders is on it schedule.