Chinese envoy asks int'l community to help Afghanistan seize opportunity of peace

A Chinese envoy on Tuesday asked the international community to help Afghanistan seize the opportunity of peace.

The situation in Afghanistan is at a critical time with huge challenges in the peace process, political dialogue, security situation, and economic development. But at the same time, there are also great opportunities, said Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations.

The international community should work together to help all parties in Afghanistan seize the opportunity and address the challenges, he told the Security Council after the adoption of a resolution to welcome a recent U.S.-Taliban agreement.

China welcomes the agreement between the United States and the Taliban and the U.S.-Afghanistan joint declaration, said Zhang, adding that the Afghan parties and the United States should work together to actively implement the U.S.-Taliban agreement.

In the implementation, efforts must be made to ensure that the foreign troops stationed in Afghanistan are withdrawn in an orderly and responsible manner so as to avoid a security vacuum, and in particular to prevent the comeback of terrorist organizations, Zhang said.

In this regard, the international community should continue to support the capacity building of the Afghan national security forces, he added.