China News Service, Beijing, February 25 (Reporter Huang Yuqin Li Jingze) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin hosted a regular press conference on the 25th.
A reporter asked a question. On the 24th, the Global Times launched a joint signature requesting the United States to unconditionally return the life-saving money of the Afghan people.
Does the spokesperson have any comment on this?
Wang Wenbin said that he has noticed relevant reports.
More than 200,000 netizens participated within 24 hours of the joint signing, demanding that the United States unconditionally return the assets belonging to the Afghan people.
"This speaks volumes about the intense public outrage over the robbery of U.S. assets in Afghanistan."
Wang Wenbin pointed out that the United States is the initiator of the Afghan issue.
According to reports, during the war in Afghanistan, more than 30,000 innocent civilians were killed by the US military or killed in the war, and about 11 million became refugees.
The US hastily withdrawn troops from Afghanistan irresponsibly.
The disaster and suffering have been left to the innocent Afghan people, causing the Afghan people to face a severe humanitarian crisis.
Statistics from the United Nations World Food Program show that 22.8 million Afghans face serious food security problems, 3.2 million Afghan children under the age of 5 are severely malnourished, and Afghanistan is facing "an avalanche of hunger and poverty".
Wang Wenbin said that at a critical juncture, not only did the United States fail to shoulder its due responsibility to help the Afghan people ease the humanitarian crisis, but instead blatantly looted Afghan national assets and further aggravated the suffering of the Afghan people.
What the U.S. has done once again revealed that the "rules-based international order" that the U.S. advertises is in essence a rule-based order to maintain U.S. hegemony and power.
Wang Wenbin said, We call on the US to immediately and comprehensively lift the "freeze" and unilateral sanctions on Afghan assets in the US, unconditionally return the assets belonging to the Afghan people, and make up for the harm caused to the Afghan people with concrete actions.
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