The US does not intend to change the position regarding the freezing of the financial assets of the former government of Afghanistan on the basis of the G20 virtual meeting. This is reported by TASS with reference to the spokesman for the White House Jen Psaki.
She stressed that the United States does not intend to provide representatives of the Taliban (a terrorist organization, prohibited in Russia) access to these funds.
At the same time, she stressed that Washington became the largest humanitarian donor for Afghanistan, and the United States intends to continue working in this direction.
In mid-August, the International Monetary Fund and other Western organizations suspended the programs of supporting the Afghan economy, very dependent on foreign infusion. In particular, the United States blocked access to the assets of seven billion dollars, which are stored in the US Federal Reserve. They explained their decision by the fact that they could not list the funds until the new government received international recognition. In addition, the Taliban refused to access even the national reserve of the country – the United States froze the assets of the Central Bank of Afghanistan on the accounts of their banks.