China has become the first country to recognize the ambassador of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday received the credentials of ambassadors of 41 countries, including neighboring Afghanistan, the first official recognition of the interim Taliban government by a major nation.
The Chinese President, along with the ambassadors of Cuba, Pakistan, Iran and 38 other countries, welcomed Taliban regime-appointed Afghan Ambassador Bilal Karimi on the red carpet at a formal ceremony at the Great Hall of the People and received his credentials.
“China has understood what the rest of the world has not understood,” Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on the social media platform X on Tuesday. Mujahid has now called on Russia, Iran and other countries to take similar steps and upgrade bilateral diplomatic ties with Kabul, saying, “We are not in a unipolar world.”
Xi told the new ambassadors that China seeks deep friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation with their countries, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported. Let us tell you that Russia and Iran have been staunch enemies of America and allies of China.
Here, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has said that Chinese officials should clarify whether Beijing has officially recognized the Taliban regime or not. Miller said Tuesday that the Taliban’s relationship with the international community depends on their actions for the United States.
Let us tell you that after the Taliban rule started in Afghanistan in August 2021, countries around the world broke contacts with it.
No country has recognized the Taliban regime but now China has been the first to recognize the Taliban regime.
Taliban is actually an Islamic extremist group. In the 1990s, it moved forward in the name of Sunni Islamic education and soon started showing its true face.
After coming to power, the Taliban implemented Islamic law Sharia in Afghanistan.
On one hand, China is eyeing improving relations with Afghanistan and exploiting its natural resources, on the other hand, Taliban wants many countries to recognize it with the help of China because it is having to suffer the consequences of not getting recognition from the international community. The Taliban government will not be able to get any help from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) until it gets official status.
IMF has already canceled all the funds. Many western countries including America have also banned their loans.