JAKARTA - China removed 98 tariffs on imported goods from Afghanistan and re-imposed the issuance of visas for citizens of its neighboring countries effective August 1, 2022.
This policy was reached when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met the acting foreign minister of the Afghan interim government, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministerial meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Friday, July 29.
Quoted by Antara, China wants to share development opportunities with Afghanistan, Wang said as quoted in a release from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Saturday.
The foreign minister and member of the Chinese State Council hopes that an inclusive government will soon be formed in Afghanistan and make various efforts to fight terrorism.
China also proposed the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) development program combined with the Afghanistan strategic development program and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor leading to Afghanistan.
Wang stated that China will continue to urge the United States and the West to lift sanctions and fulfill its primary responsibility for Afghanistan's economic reconstruction.
Muttaqi appreciated China's assistance to his country, which had just been hit by an earthquake.
Afghanistan will uphold the one-China principle and will not allow its territory to be used as a base for activities by anti-China groups, Muttaqi said.
Afghanistan's interim government hopes to link up with China's agricultural program and hopes for China's full support in gaining international recognition.
Afghanistan is directly adjacent to the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, southwest China, which in the previous decade experienced a series of events leading to separatism.
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