China Seeks Regional Consensus on Afghanistan at Samarkand Meet
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday that Beijing seeks to strengthen the consensus of neighbouring countries on the situation in Afghanistan at the fourth meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighbours in Uzbekistan.
Wenbin added that China supports the “Afghan interim government” to achieve stability and development.
The fourth round of meetings of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighbouring countries will be held on Thursday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
It is expected that the foreign ministers of Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to participate in the Samarkand meeting.
The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson stressed that his country expects the participants to widely discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
Wenbin added that China supports the Taliban government to overcome the security challenges and poor economic situation in Afghanistan, but at the same time, "it pays attention to the legitimate concerns of the world [about the Taliban] and wishes to see a more favourable condition for the development of relations between Afghanistan and neighbouring countries”.
According to him, China wants to see Afghanistan as a part of regional economic cooperation.
China has continuously supported the Taliban in the meetings of the United Nations Security Council.
