WorlPosted at: May 18 2021 8:35AM

China offers to host intra-Afghan talks

Beijing, May 18 (Sputnik) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during phone talks with Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib, offered to hold intra-Afghan talks in China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry informs.
"The Chinese side is ready to facilitate internal inter-Afghan negotiations, including creating conditions for holding the talks in China," the ministry said in a statement.
According to Wang Yi, the US decision to pull out forces from Afghanistan has created uncertainty in the situation in the country.
"However, peace is a general trend, fully consistent with the fundamental and long-term interests of the Afghan people, and is also the common aspiration of the entire international community," the foreign minister said.
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