China: Beijing urges 'more clear-headed' Taliban to deliver on promises

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying urged the Afghan Taliban to keep to its recent promises of a more inclusive, tolerant government at a press conference in Beijing on Thursday.

“Although the Afghan situation is not fully clear yet, they believe the Afghan Taliban will not repeat history, and the Afghan Taliban today is more clear-headed and rational than it was in power last time,” Hua said.

“We encourage and hope the Afghan Taliban can follow through its positive statements, unite with all parties and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, establish an broadly-based, inclusive political framework,” she added.

Hua also said that the “rapid evolution of the situation in Afghanistan” demonstrated that external assessments of the country were lacking ‘objective judgements,’ adding that “certain Western countries should learn a lesson” from this.

The recent Taliban offensive followed the announcement in April that the US and other NATO states would be withdrawing their forces from the country. President Ashraf Ghani has since fled Afghanistan and the US has evacuated its embassy staff from Kabul.

Prior to the Taliban’s seizure of power, China, India, Pakistan, Russia and the US, among other world powers, had been pushing for an end to the conflict in Afghanistan

Unlike many other nations China has maintained its embassy and diplomatic staff in Kabul despite the Taliban’s takeover.

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SOT, Hua Chunying, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Mandarin): “After major changes took place in Afghanistan recently, the leaders and the spokesperson of the Afghan Taliban have said publicly through different channels that the Afghan Taliban would resolve problems the people face, meet people’s aspirations and stay committed to forming an open and inclusive Islamic government. They said the Afghan Taliban works towards equality and elimination of discrimination, and announced that former government staff would be pardoned and women’s rights and interests would be protected, including freedom of speech, employment, and access to education. The spokesperson also said, the Afghan Taliban would act responsibly to protect the security of Afghans and foreign missions in Afghanistan, build good relations with all countries, and never allow anyone to use Afghan territory to threaten other countries. China has taken note of these positive statements and signals.”

SOT, Hua Chunying, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Mandarin): “We have also noticed that some political figures in Russia and other countries and many international media have recognised the Afghan Taliban’s behaviour after it entered Kabul, believing that they have been good, positive, and pragmatic actions. Although the Afghan situation is not fully clear yet, they believe the Afghan Taliban will not repeat history, and the Afghan Taliban today is more clear-headed and rational than it was in power last time. We encourage and hope the Afghan Taliban can follow through its positive statements, unite with all parties and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, establish an broadly-based, inclusive political framework that fits the national conditions and wins public support through dialogue and consultation as soon as possible, and adopt moderate and prudent domestic and foreign policies. It is expected that the Afghan Taliban can contain all kinds of terrorist and criminal acts and ensure a smooth transition of the situation in Afghanistan to take the long-suffering Afghans away from wars and chaos as soon as possible and build lasting peace.”

SOT, Hua Chunying, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Mandarin): “The process of peace and reconstruction is hard to go off smoothly since many contradictions have built up in Afghanistan and difficult problems have been left by the US. In this process, the international community should encourage and support solidarity and cooperation of all parties and ethnic groups in Afghanistan to open a new chapter in the Afghan history.”

SOT, Hua Chunying, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson (Mandarin): “I noticed that some people have been saying they don’t trust the Afghan Taliban. I want to say that nothing stays unchanged. When understanding and handling problems, we should adopt a holistic, interconnected, and developmental dialectical approach. We should look at both the past and the present. We need to not only listen to what they say, but also look at what they do. If we do not keep pace with the times, but stick to fixed mindset and ignore the development of the situation, we will never reach a conclusion that is in line with reality.”

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