BEIJING: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that China encourages the Afghan Taliban to track a moderate religious policy and expects that the new Afghan regime can make a clean break with all kinds of international terrorist forces.
China expects the Taliban can work with all parties in setting up an open and inclusive political framework, and pursue a peaceful and friendly foreign policy, particularly developing friendly relations with neighbouring countries, to achieve reconstruction and development in Afghanistan, Hua said, according to reports. She said the new Afghan regime should constrain and crackdown on terrorist groups, including the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, in order to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a gathering place for terrorist and extremist forces again. She added that "For a long time, China has maintained contact with the Taliban on the basis of full respect for the national sovereignty of Afghanistan and the will of various factions in the country, and played a constructive role in promoting the political settlement of the Afghan issue."
Noting that China is Afghanistan's largest neighbouring country, Hua said China has always respected Afghanistan's sovereign independence and territorial integrity, adhered to non-interference in Afghanistan's internal affairs, and pursued a friendly policy towards all the Afghan people.
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