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In an attempt to deepen “friendly and cooperative” relations with the Taliban in the future, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls for lifting of several unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan. Watch: In a statement, the Chinese foreign ministry said, economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end. It cited the foreign minister at a virtual G20 foreign ministers’ meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday. The minister said, Afghanistan’s foreign exchange reserves are national assets, which should belong to the country’s people and be used by its own people, and not be used as a bargaining chip to exert pressure on the country....
