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All perpetrators in Afghanistan should be brought to justice: Chinese envoy
Updated 14:42, 18-Dec-2020
CGTN
An Afghan boy stands by a grave as he awaits customers to sell water at a cemetery on the the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, July 25, 2020. /AP

An Afghan boy stands by a grave as he awaits customers to sell water at a cemetery on the the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, July 25, 2020. /AP

A Chinese UN envoy said on Thursday that all foreign troops committing crimes in Afghanistan should be brought to justice.

"All perpetrators need to be brought to justice. The international community should do justice to the Afghan people," Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, told the Security Council meeting on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

Geng's remarks came after Shkula Zadran, Afghanistan's youth representative to the United Nations, denounced the various types of criminal acts committed by foreign troops in Afghanistan.

"This has reflected the will of the Afghan people. All the criminal acts need to be thoroughly investigated," Geng stressed.

Geng said that China attaches great importance to the unique role of youth in Afghanistan.

"We express our sympathies to the sufferings of the Afghan youth. We call for a greater role of Afghan youth in the peace and security and reconciliation process of Afghanistan, as well as in the economic and social development in the country," he added.

Noting that China has been supporting the development of Afghan youth over the years, Geng said that several projects, including the Afghan national vocational and technical college, the comprehensive teaching building of Kabul University, have been launched.

"Since 2017, nearly 200 Afghan children with congenital heart disease have received treatment in China and have been provided with a complete set of post-operative rehabilitation examinations," he added.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, China has provided several shipments of medical supplies to Afghanistan for its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Medical teams were also rushed there to offer on-the-spot help. We will continue to provide more support and help so that Afghan people can finally emerge from the shadows of the virus pandemic, added the Chinese envoy. 

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