• Tuesday, 24 December 2024

China calls for all Afghan sanctions to be lifted at summit

China calls for all Afghan sanctions to be lifted at summit
Beijing has called for all sanctions on Afghanistan to be lifted, along with international humanitarian support for the country, during a special G20 summit on Tuesday. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the G20 had to respect Afghanistan's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. The G20 should "let the Afghan people decide their fate," he was quoted as saying by state television. A country should choose its own development path, he said. Imposing ideology and military intervention to interfere in internal affairs would only lead to constant turbulence and severe humanitarian misfortune, Wang said. He called on the international community to deal with Afghanistan "in a rational and pragmatic way," saying Afghanistan should be assisted, in order to build an "inclusive political structure" and develop a rational domestic and foreign policy.