🔴The Taliban have declared China their strongest ally
It marks the group’s strongest signal yet of diplomatic priorities
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It marks the group’s strongest signal yet of diplomatic priorities
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🗣️Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Thursday claimed Beijing was "ready to invest in and reconstruct" Afghanistan
🇨🇳He set out hopes that China would provide a gateway into global markets
🔴His remarks offer the clearest indication to date of the diplomatic direction in which the Taliban is turning
🗣️The spokesman told Italian newspaper La Repubblica on Thursday: "China is our principal partner and for us represents a fundamental and extraordinary opportunity because it’s ready to invest in and reconstruct our country"
Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, has declared that Britain "will not be recognising the Taliban any time in the foreseeable future"
Britain and other western nations view formal recognition as a diplomatic lever with which to apply pressure on the Taliban to:
❌Allow at-risk Afghans to leave the country
❌Respect human rights
❌Allow girls to go to school
❌Allow at-risk Afghans to leave the country
❌Respect human rights
❌Allow girls to go to school
🇨🇳China has also been one of the few countries not to have evacuated staff from its Kabul embassy in the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
🔎Read more on how the Taliban have declared China their closest ally here 👇
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