The Afghanistan Embassy in Beijing wrote on X that in the meeting Mao Ming pledged the strengthening of diplomatic relations of China with Afghanistan.
The Deputy Director of the Asian Department at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ming, in a meeting with the Ambassador of the Islamic Emirate to China, Bilal Karimi, discussed several issues between Afghanistan and China.
The Afghanistan Embassy in Beijing wrote on X that in the meeting Mao Ming pledged the strengthening of diplomatic relations of China with Afghanistan.
“The China-Afghanistan relations were generally discussed in the meeting, commerce, investment, Chinese projects in Afghanistan and also the permanent connection of China-Afghanistan were discussed,” said Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate.
Bilal Karimi, along with discussing Kabul-Beijing relations, emphasized the creation of opportunities of bilateral cooperation with Afghanistan in the first initiative meeting of the Regional Contact Group member countries.
Meanwhile, several political analysts said the strengthening of relations with the neighboring and regional countries are important for Afghanistan and will mitigate the political challenges of Afghanistan with the international community, they said.
“Having relations with many big countries is beneficial for the Islamic Emirate and the people of Afghanistan,” said Bilal Fatimi, a political analyst.
“It should have been done last year or two years ago because the agreements that we had many times on the issues of drugs, terrorism, and Afghanistan’s internal issues with the world need local and regional consensus,” said Salim Paygir, a political analyst
China is one of the countries that has good relations with the caretaker government since the return of the Islamic Emirate but it has yet to be recognized the Islamic Emirate.