"Having contacts with the Taliban does not mean their recognition".
Prime Minister Mario Draghi said this in the press conference on the sidelines of the G20 dedicated to Afghanistan, defining the summit as "satisfactory and fruitful".
"There is awareness that the humanitarian emergency is very serious and there is a great willingness to act, a convergence of views on the need to face the emergency in a unified way through a mandate to the United Nations", said Draghi.
Above all, "the problem of women's rights, of guaranteeing them the right to education and not to go back 20 years".
Tackling the humanitarian crisis, the premier stressed, "will require contacts with the Taliban, but this does not mean their recognition." Everyone is trying to obtain from the Taliban government the possibility of "organizing humanitarian corridors", because "there is this awareness It is widespread that there are still people there who want to go out, and that it is our responsibility to take care of them ”.
Absent Putin and Xi Jinping, "it is essential that they participate in the G20 scheduled for the end of the month in presence in Rome", said Draghi, just as "India's presence is necessary".
The European Commission has announced the deployment of one billion euros in aid to the Afghan population. "We must do everything possible to avoid a serious humanitarian and socio-economic collapse in Afghanistan. We must do it quickly," stressed Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Turkish President Erdogan stressed immigration: "Turkey cannot afford a new flow of migrants from Afghanistan", he said, "European countries would also be affected".
(Unioneonline / L)