On the 29th local time, the summit of the "Afghanistan Regional Cooperation Initiative" was held in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and special envoys from Afghanistan and many countries attended the meeting. At the meeting, Afghan Prime Minister Mottaki called for regional cooperation for the benefit of the people of all countries in the region. At a press conference after the meeting, he again stressed that the United States must return Afghan frozen overseas assets to Afghanistan.
Muttaqi said that the focus of regional cooperation is to explore region-centered and regionally based on common interests in the region. Efforts should be made to achieve soft and hard connectivity in order to promote regional economic development for the benefit of the people of the region. At the same time, he said that for Afghanistan's temporary **, regional security is still very important.
At a press conference after the summit, Mottaki called for the lifting of unilateral sanctions on Afghanistan and stressed that the United States must return frozen overseas assets in Afghanistan.
Afghan Governor Mottaki: At today's meeting, the delegates clearly discussed that the frozen assets of Afghanistan must be returned to Afghanistan, which is the right of Afghans, this is the backbone of the Afghan bank, this is the assets of Afghanistan.
At the end of August 2021, the war in Afghanistan ended. However, after the withdrawal of US troops, unilateral sanctions were imposed on Afghanistan and billions of dollars of overseas assets of Afghan ** banks were frozen, which directly led to a shortage of foreign exchange and economic deterioration in Afghanistan.
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