Afghanistan: The European Union has acknowledged that it will have to dialogue with the Taliban on humanitarian aid, but will impose conditions

High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, Josep Borrell Last Thursday, he reiterated that the bloc would have to negotiate with the Taliban regime To deliver humanitarian aid to the Afghan population and They managed to evacuate all those who still wanted to leave the country, although she specified it The relationship will depend on a series of “conditions”.

Upon their arrival at the informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Slovenia, The head of European diplomacy clarified that the two priorities of the European Union at the moment are to get humanitarian aid to all those who need it and to get the collaborators out of the country. Of the European institutions or the vulnerable who “did not get a seat” on planes that left Kabul airport until August 31.

This requires dealing with the Taliban. We’ll see how to do it in a coordinated way, put the conditions and depending on whether those conditions are met and what kind of government they form and how they act, we’ll have a successful deal with them.‘, was defended.

Borrell insisted Association with Islamists ‘does not mean recognition’, although he later distinguished between a “realistic” recognition of “practical problem solving” and a “political” recognition that is “based on conditions” and “requires time and sees how things develop”.

The Polish minister also talked about the future of the European Union’s relationship with the Taliban regime, Zbigniew Rau, who, like Borrell, specified that there would be no recognition “without conditions. “It is necessary to cooperate with them, but to be legally recognized, they must prove that they are worthy and the human rights factor is crucial,” he said.

Some of the 27 ministers, such as Denmark’s Jeppe Kofod or Portugal’s Augusto Santos, attended the meeting to highlight the importance of “thinking” and “learning lessons” from the Afghan crisis. The second said, “We have to think collectively,” so that other stabilization and protection processes can work better.

for this part, Spain’s Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Alparis, expressed confidence that the 27 countries would present a “unified” response to the situation for evacuation “as soon as possible”. For collaborators who were unable to leave the country and to “To be able to protect human rights, especially the rights of women and minorities that are now at risk.”

In turn, the Greek minister Nikos Dendias pointed out the need to discuss the Afghan crisis specifically from the perspective of migration, especially given that “some countries may try to use (immigration) to put pressure on the European Union.”

Tougher sanctions against Belarus

fact, At the meeting on Thursday, representatives of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland raised the “migration crisis” they are facing after Belarus opened its borders to migrants as a form of pressure towards the European Union.

“We have to be prepared for that A potential migration crisis, we are already facing. It is a growing concern and There is a possibility that Afghans fleeing their country will choose the eastern route opened by (Alexander) LukashenkoLithuanian Gabrielus Landsbergis said.

For his part, the Latvian Edgars Rinkevics, described the performance of Lukashenko’s system as a “hybrid attack” She submitted that the three countries would ask the European Union to impose “tougher sanctions” on Minsk over its activities.

(With information from Europa Press)

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