China blames US over Afghanistan, but says will work with it

BEIJING – China has expressed a willingness to clasp talks with the U.S. to beforehand a “soft landing” successful Afghanistan, portion heavy criticizing Washington and again demanding that the Biden medication halt its attacks connected China.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi, successful a telephone telephone Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, blamed what helium called America's “hasty” subject withdrawal the chaos accompanying the Talibain’s seizure of powerfulness successful Afghanistan, according to a Foreign Ministry connection dated Tuesday.

“China is consenting to behaviour connection and dialog with the U.S. to beforehand the brushed landing of the Afghan contented and debar a caller civilian warfare oregon humanitarian catastrophe ... and not fto it go a breeding crushed and structure for coercion erstwhile again," Wang was quoted arsenic saying successful the call.

Ahead of the last withdrawal of U.S. troops, the Taliban person topped the Afghan subject and government, entering the capital, Kabul implicit the weekend.

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Wang said that China and the U.S. should cooperate connected planetary issues and determination blistery spots, but that “the US cannot, connected the 1 hand, deliberately curb and suppress China to harm China’s morganatic rights and interests, and connected the different hand, number connected China to connection enactment and coordination.”

A one-sentence State Department connection said that Blinken and Wang spoke astir developments successful Afghanistan including the information concern and respective efforts to bring their citizens to safety.

The Biden medication has been seeking China's practice connected issues specified arsenic clime change, portion criticizing China implicit differences connected commercialized and technology, information successful the Asia-Pacific portion and quality rights.

Henry Storey, a governmental hazard expert based successful Melbourne, Australia, said that Wang is trying to represent China arsenic a liable planetary stakeholder successful opposition to America's past of involution successful different countries.

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“The notation to the U.S.’s ‘hasty withdrawal’ and Afghanistan being a ‘breeding crushed and structure for terrorism’ alludes to China’s wide anxieties astir however instability successful Afghanistan whitethorn interaction China and the broader region,” Storey said successful an email effect to questions.

Wang and Blinken besides each held talks separately with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov connected Monday.

Wang called for strengthened strategical practice and coordination with Russia to promote the Taliban to follow mild and prudent spiritual policies and physique an unfastened and inclusive governmental operation with each parties, a Chinese Foreign Ministry connection said.

China has shown a willingness to prosecute with the Taliban, inviting leaders to a gathering with Wang successful the Chinese metropolis of Tianjin past month.

Wang urged the radical to negociate a peaceful extremity to the 2 decade-old struggle and not structure terrorists it says endanger information successful its restive northwestern portion of Xinjiang.

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China, which shares a constrictive borderline with Afghanistan, says the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, has been down convulsive attacks successful the past. It's not wide what benignant of beingness the radical presently has successful Afghanistan.

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