France: EU has no choice but to talk to Taliban - Borrell tells European Parliament

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SOT, Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Spanish): “[to hold] a political dialogue with the Taliban, depends on what you understand by political dialogue. But dialogue, yes, we have to have dialogue, I want to insist on this because the power that is in Afghanistan is not stable, the Taliban are not a single political reality. There are also frictions and conflicts between them, but we must quickly open a channel of discussion to be able to distribute aid and try to evacuate the vulnerable people we must protect.

SOT, Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Spanish): “The priority, I insist, must be to avoid being excluded. US withdrawal should not automatically mean our geostrategic exclusion. First food aid, first humanitarian aid, but then a presence that allows us to closely monitor what is happening in the country. Afghanistan is going to collapse financially if we don’t do something about it.”

SOT, Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Spanish): “I must recognise that the US has taken good initiatives from a humanitarian point of view. They have agreed to exempt NGOs from authorisations so that they can transfer money without falling under US sanctions, which is very good news. They have authorised Swift payments, which can allow funds to be transferred to Afghanistan, but as long as banks are not authorised to make significant withdrawals, NGOs will be reluctant to commit to decisive action in the region.”

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