China has had effective communications and negotiations with the Taliban, and Kabul is a key platform and channel for the two sides to discuss all kinds of important affairs, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Wednesday.

Wang made the remarks while answering a reporter's question about a reported meeting between Taliban officials and the Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan in Kabul on Tuesday.

The spokesperson stressed that China's policy toward Afghanistan is consistent and clear, and reassured that the country would always respect the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Afghanistan, follow the principle of non-interference in Afghanistan's internal affairs and adhere to the friendly policy for all the Afghan people.

China respects the Afghan people's independent choice of their own future, supports the implementation of the "Afghan-led and Afghan-owned" principle, and stands ready to continue to develop good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation with Afghanistan and play a constructive role in Afghanistan's peace and reconstruction, Wang stated.