FM: Afghan Taliban vital in peace process
By MO JINGXI |
CHINA DAILY |
Updated: 2021-07-29 07:13
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan's Taliban, in Tianjin, July 28, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that the Afghan Taliban is expected to play an important role in the Afghan peace and reconciliation process as a decisive military and political force in the country and he hoped it could cut ties with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
The hasty withdrawal of troops by the United States and NATO, which in fact marked the failure of Washington's Afghan policy, provided a significant opportunity for the Afghan people to stabilize and develop their own country, Wang said as he met in Tianjin with a Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the political chief of the Afghan Taliban.