Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio urged foreign governments to prevent financial collapse in Afghanistan.
He said that any financial collapse would result in a massive flow of migrants
The Foreign Minister stressed that they will not recognise Taliban government in Afghanistan.
However, he stressed that Afghans should start receiving the financial support that was frozen after the armed group took power.
“We will not recognise the Taliban government as it includes 17 terrorists among the ministers,” Di Maio said.
“Clearly, we must prevent Afghanistan from implosion and from an uncontrolled flow of migration that could destabilise neighbouring countries,” Italy’s Di Maio, who chaired a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New York last week, said.
“There are ways to guarantee financial support without giving money to the Taliban. We have also agreed that a part of humanitarian aid must always go to the protection of women and girls.”
Italy Warns of ‘Total Breakdown’
Earlier last week, the United Nations (UN) has warned that Afghanistan is at risk of “total breakdown.”
The UN urged the international community to keep money flowing into Afghanistan to avoid the “total breakdown.”
UN also called for the release of the frozen assets to avoid economic and social collapse. This came after UNDP said Afghanistan faces staggering poverty.
UN special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons stressed the importance of finding a way to get the money into the country “to prevent a total breakdown of the economy and social order.”
Afghanistan was facing a storm of crises including a plunging currency, a sharp rise in prices for food and fuel and a lack of cash at private banks. The authorities also do not have the funds to pay salaries, she said.
The Taliban has earlier promised to allow foreigners and Afghans to leave Afghanistan beyond 31 August.
There are still thousands inside and outside the airport wanting to fly out.
