In order to properly settle Afghan refugees, the
Chinese Government has decided to provide commodities worth
one million RMB yuan to the emergency assistant programme of
the UNHCR. In addition, China's Red Cross will provide
donations to Afghan's refugees through the Red Cross Society
and the Red Crescent.
On 30 September, Foreign
Minister Tang Jiaxuan sent letters to UN Secretary-General,
UN High Commissioner for Refugees and his counterparts of
the United States, Russia, France, Britain and Belgium to
brief them on China's above decision. In the letter, Foreign
Minister Tang expressed the view that the Chinese Government
has always closely followed the development of the
situation. China deeply sympathizes with the plight of the
Afghan refugees. In the spirit of international solidarity
and shared responsibility, we call upon the international
community to provide more assistance to Afghan's neighbours,
including Pakistan, who have settled a large number of
Afghan refugees, in order to properly solve the Afghan
refugee problem.
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