Afghanistan Peace CampaignThe Chinese special envoy for Afghanistan, Yue Xiaoyong, said the US and its allies caused destruction in Afghanistan over the past two decades.
The fifth Moscow Format was held on Friday in the city of Kazan in Russia, where participants exchanged views on the formation of an inclusive government and ensuring human rights as well as counter-terrorism.
The representatives of more than 10 countries participated in the Moscow format.
Speaking at the Moscow Format, acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said that the Islamic Emirate doesn’t prescribe methods of governance to others, so it expects regional countries to engage with the Islamic Emirate instead of giving prescriptions for the formation of the government of Afghanistan.
“We call on all countries, particularly the neighboring countries, to not prescribe governance to us but instead start officially to work in all areas with the Islamic Emirate,” he said.
The Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said the Taliban failed to take proper actions against the terrorist groups including Daesh in Afghanistan.
“Western countries, which caused irreparable harm to the Afghan people, should bear the primary burden of rebuilding the country. In this regard, Washington’s blocking of Afghan financial assets is counterproductive and only exacerbates the situation,” said Kabulov.
“It further complicates the already challenging living conditions for ordinary Afghans. Under any circumstances, we consider the return of US and NATO military infrastructure to the territory of Afghanistan and neighboring states to be unacceptable, regardless of the reasons they may put forward on this matter.”
The Chinese special envoy for Afghanistan, Yue Xiaoyong, said the US and its allies caused destruction in Afghanistan over the past two decades.
“The regional and international community should keep on urging the US to live up to its commitments for Afghanistan and live up to its responsibility to Afghanistan. As we know, 20 years of America and NATO’s occupation is major reason now what we have seen happening … the destruction and suffering of Afghan people. The US and its allies have cut up aid, frozen Afghanistan’s oversees assets and imposed unilateral sanctions worsening the suffering of Afghan people,” Xiaoyong said.
The envoys from Pakistan and Iran also stressed the need for engagement with Afghanistan but called for the formation of an inclusive government in the country.
Hassan Kazimi Qomi, Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan, stressed the need “to ensure rights to education without gender discrimination, and for a legitimate political government in which all ethnic groups of Afghanistan be accepted, and for the guarantee of security of the neighbors.”
The envoys of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Turkey were invited to the Moscow Format as observers.