Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet with Taliban representatives during a trip this week to the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar, an official said Monday.
The talks during Wang's visit, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, are the latest high-level contact between the sides and will "provide an opportunity to have an in-depth exchange of views on Afghanistan's situation and issues of joint concern," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily briefing.
"Since August this year, the situation in Afghanistan has undergone fundamental changes and the Afghan people have a historic opportunity to independently decide the country's destiny. Meanwhile, however, they still face many difficulties and challenges and are in urgent need of external support," Wang said.
Wang met with a delegation led by a top Taliban leader, Abdul Ghani Baradar, in July in the Chinese city of Tianjin, shortly before the group seized power from Afghanistan's elected government. China has urged the group to keep border crossings open, while offering $31 million in humanitarian assistance along with 3 million doses of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines.
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