President of the President of Russia, Director of the Second Asian Foreign Ministry Department of Russia, Zamir Kabulov called the consequences of a possible humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan for the United States. His words report RIA Novosti.
in Washington began to understand that if a humanitarian disaster happens in Afghanistan, the whole world will blame the United States, Kabulov said. “Therefore, with difficulty, but managed to agree, in order to dismort part of the World Bank’s funds,” he explained. According to him, it was originally planned to defrost $ 500 million, but in the end it turned out $ 280 million to humanitarian aid.
The fact that the World Bank is preparing to defrost a part of Afghan assets in the amount of $ 280 million for the shipment of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, it became known earlier. Funds will be transferred to the World Food Program and the UNFice Foundation (UNICEF).
Representatives of the European Union held a meeting with the officials of the Taliban (a terrorist organization prohibited in Russia) in November. The negotiations discussed including the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.