Baku, Azerbaijan, March 27
By Fikret Dolukhanov – Trend:
EU is ready to partly remove sanctions from Taliban movement, so Talibs could participate in Afghanistan peace talks, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said on March 27.
Addressing the international peace conference on Afghanistan in Tashkent, Mogherini noted that participants of the meeting have gathered to support Afghanistan peace process.
“Taliban must make a decision and demonstrate courage, use the opportunity and arrange peace. We want to express EU’s commitment to this process,” Mogherini underlined.
According to her, the situation in Afghanistan has already become better, but the changes must go on and become irreversible.
She said the conflict can be overcome and the EU supports cooperation.
“What can we do? From diplomatic point of view, we can show assistance by removing certain individuals from sanction lists. We could also work with persons, who laid down weapons, to support their families, so they could find their place in society,” Mogherini added.
She also noted that the peace process in Afghanistan belongs only to Afghans and the warring sides have to choose the way of dialogue.
“Have courage to begin the peace talks. We and our partners will support you in this dialogue,” Mogherini said.
Earlier, the meeting between the Central Asian foreign ministers and High Representative of the European Union Federica Mogherini was held in Tashkent within the international conference on Afghanistan.