Taliban spokesman said some decisions were made regarding “export of Afghan nuts to China” and “exchange of Afghan students.”
“This morning, a delegation from the Islamic Emirate (as the Taliban government calls itself) (…) met with a Chinese delegation (…) to discuss political, diplomatic, economic and other important issues”Taliban spokesman Bilal Karimi told Efe.
During the meetings, led by the Afghan Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Mutaqi; and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi; There was also talk about “strengthening relations between the two countries and China’s humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan,” he added.
Specific, China pledged to provide $ 5 million worth of humanitarian assistance to AfghanistanTaliban official spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement.
Although not all the details of the talks were revealed, Karimi said that some decisions were made regarding “export of Afghan nuts to China” and “the exchange of Afghan students to Chinese educational institutes.”
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Today’s meeting follows yesterday’s meeting between Wang and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of the Taliban and deputy head of the Cabinet of Ministers.
In her, China expressed its “support” for the Taliban government, which “had significant achievements in terms of good governance and security in the last two months.”, said the fundamentalist organization in a statement.
Both leaders spoke about “investing and (maintaining) positive relations between the two countries,” Karimi said, without providing further details.
Also on the table were “all those issues that generate profit and lead to the development and progress of the two countries (…), including issues (related to projects) from the past” that could be resumed in the future in Afghanistan.
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Mujahid reported the creation of three committees to monitor political and diplomatic issues; cooperation and coordination; and economic issues for the implementation of projects and the promotion of the mining sector in Afghanistan.
China and Afghanistan have shared mutual interests over the years in matters related to utilities and the mining sector.
In the last two decades, Chinese companies signed several contracts for the creation of economic and development projects in Afghanistan, and almost none were finalized due to the instability of the country and the lack of cooperation between the two nations.
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For example, him A copper mining project at Aynak, one of the world’s largest mines south of Kabul, was signed with the China Metallurgical Corporation (MCC) in 2007, and was never implemented.
The construction of railways and some oil projects in northern Afghanistan were other agreements signed with China in recent years that were not completed either due to the insecurity situation in the country. (I)
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