British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, making his way to Parliament to debate the situation in Afghanistan, in London.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Sunday that he would convene a meeting of G7 leaders to urgently discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
Boris Johnson said on Twitter: “I will be convening the G7 leaders on Tuesday for an urgent discussion on the situation in Afghanistan. It is vital that the international community work together to ensure safe evacuation, prevent humanitarian crisis and rescue the Afghan people.” Do. Gains of last 20 years.”
Afghans are already facing a humanitarian crisis after the Taliban took control in Kabul as thousands prepare to flee the country in fear of a barbaric Taliban regime.
Earlier, Boris Johnson said his country would work with the Taliban “if necessary” as the group regained control of Afghanistan.
“I want to assure the people that working with the Taliban, our political and diplomatic efforts to find a solution for Afghanistan will certainly continue,” Johnson told reporters on Friday.
He said the situation at Kabul airport, where thousands of Afghans had gathered hoping to board an evacuation flight, was getting “slightly better” and that he saw “stabilisation”.
Britain evacuates more than 2000 people from Kabuli
The prime minister said Britain has been able to evacuate around 2,000 people, including British nationals and Afghans, working with Britain since Thursday.
Earlier this week, the Home Office rolled out a “bespoke” resettlement plan, promising to take in 20,000 Afghans “in the long term,” some 5,000 of them in the first year.
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The plan was deemed not adequate to deal with the Afghan crisis by British lawmakers, who met for an emergency parliament session on Wednesday.
G7 leaders will meet online early next week to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, as the rift between Washington and its European allies widens over the former’s hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, the French daily Le Monde said that “Europeans were caught up in the hasty American withdrawal”.
Britain’s Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said last week that the US decision to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan was a “mistake”.
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