“The United States, irresponsibly and without regard for anything, left Afghanistan, leaving the Afghan people with a serious humanitarian crisis and creating a colossal threat to regional stability,” the minister said, TASS quoted him as saying.
Wang Yi called for "immediately unfreezing Afghan assets in the US and lifting various unilateral sanctions."
“Unconditionally return assets belonging to the Afghan people, prevent 'secondary harm' to the Afghan people, and help Afghanistan weather the cold winter and welcome spring,” he said.
The Foreign Minister recalled that China has already "given a helping hand to Afghanistan" and will continue to provide new assistance.
On February 11, it became known that US President Joe Biden signed a decree blocking $ 7 billion of assets of the Central Bank of Afghanistan stored in US banks.
Afghan assets held in US bank accounts have been sent to a single special trust fund at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The official representative of the Taliban movement*, which came to power in Afghanistan, called this decision a theft, which speaks of "the highest level of human and moral decline of the country and people."
* "Taliban" - the organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.