China News Service, Beijing, February 15 (Reporter Li Jingze) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in Beijing on the 15th that the United States arbitrarily disposed of assets that belonged to the Afghan people without the permission of the Afghan people, and even took them as assets. Owned, this is tantamount to robbery.
A reporter asked a question. The executive order signed by US President Biden on the freezing of US$7 billion in assets of the Central Bank of Afghanistan has aroused opposition from many parties.
A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the US decision is absurd and is actually exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and preventing the Afghan authorities from returning to normal life.
The Afghan Taliban also issued a statement saying that what the US did was tantamount to theft.
The foreign ministries of Pakistan, Iran and other countries also opposed the US decision.
what opinions do the Chinese have on this issue?
Wang Wenbin said that without the permission of the Afghan people, the United States arbitrarily disposed of the assets that belonged to the Afghan people, and even took them as their own.
This is tantamount to acts of robbery, once again revealing that the "rules-based order" advertised by the US is not a rule-based order that defends the weak and justice, but a rule-based order that safeguards power and hegemony.
Wang Wenbin stressed that, as the initiator of the Afghan crisis, the US should not exacerbate the suffering of the Afghan people, but should lift the asset freeze and unilateral sanctions on Afghanistan as soon as possible, and shoulder its due responsibilities to alleviate the humanitarian crisis.
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