BEIJING:
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on March 29 stated that China will host the third meeting of Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan’s Neighbouring Countries.
As per reports, the meeting which is to be held on March 30 and 31 will focus on humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people and call on the US to return the Afghan people’s assets.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced that foreign ministers or representatives from Pakistan, Iran, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are scheduled to attend the meeting in Tunxi.
Wang Yi will host the meeting and acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban-led Afghan Government Amir Khan Muttaqi will attend.
The Foreign Ministers of Indonesia and Qatar will also be invited to join as special guests, according to Wang Wenbin.
The meetings come at a time when international attention has largely moved to the Ukraine crisis from the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
The meetings in China will call on the world to continue to assist Afghanistan and pool resources for the war-torn country, as per Zhu Yongbiao, Director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies in Lanzhou University.
“The neighbouring countries may also call on the US to fulfill its responsibility to Afghanistan, unfreeze the assets of the Afghan people and help with its rebuilding,” Zhu added. IANS