China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has pledged support and backing to the Taliban in a meeting in Doha Coming three months afterMr. Wang hosted the Taliban in Tianjin, near Beijing, in late July, the Chinese Foreign Minister met with acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who assured Beijing that “ a friendly policy towards China” was “ a firm choice” by the Taliban Mr. Wang “ expressed China’s amenability to continue to give philanthropic aid to Afghanistan within its capacity and work with the transnational community to help Afghanistan palliate temporary difficulties and realise profitable reconstruction as well as independent development”, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.Mr. Wang last month blazoned China would “ urgently give 200 million yuan ($30.96 million) worth of grains, downtime inventories, vaccines, and drugs to Afghanistan” as well as 3 million vaccines.
In their alternate meeting,Mr. Wang repeated to the Taliban leader China’s prospects that the Taliban “ will make a clean break with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and other terrorist organisations and take effective measures to intensively crack down on them The ETIM, which China has criticized for several attacks in its western Xinjiang region, “ not only poses a real trouble to China’s public security and territorial integrity, but also jeopardises the domestic stability and long- term stability in Afghanistan,” he said.
He also called on the Taliban to “ further demonstrate openness and forbearance, unite all ethnical groups and coalitions in Afghanistan to work together for peaceful reconstruction, and effectively cover the rights and interests of women and children In a veiled dig at theU.S., which China has criticised for its “ hasty” pullout as well as its heritage in Afghanistan,Mr. Wang said China “ has noway obtruded in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and noway sought selfish earnings or a sphere of influence”. He called on theU.S. and the West to lift warrants, and said the country faced “ a major occasion” to “ master its own fortune” and was “ at a critical stage of transubstantiating from chaos to governance”.
The Chinese Foreign Minister linked “ quadruple challenges”, including “ the philanthropic extremity, profitable chaos, terrorist pitfalls and governance difficulties”, and added China “ always respects Afghanistan’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and supports the Afghan people to singly determine their own fortune and choose the development path The Taliban leader said “ pursuing a friendly policy toward China is the firm choice” and committed to attaching “ great significance to China’s security enterprises” and “ to noway allow anyone or any force to use the Afghan home to harm China.
The Taliban has formerly expressed interest in Chinese investments and in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), including extending the China Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan Reports in the Chinese media have said Chinese companies are, still, still following a delay and watch approach and for the situation to stabilise before committing new investments. Numerous Chinese systems, including the Aynak bobby mine, have remained ended for times amid the continuing uneasiness.
