The European Union (EU) on Tuesday promised a one billion euro aid package for Afghanistan “to prevent a major humanitarian and socio-economic collapse”, the bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen said.
The money adds to the 250 million euros 300 million euro amount that the European Union had previously declared for urgent humanitarian needs, the rest of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries for Afghans fleeing Taliban rule, a statement said. He is going.
Von der Leyen made the pledge at a virtual G20 summit hosted by Italy dedicated to discussing the humanitarian and security situation in Afghanistan.
His statement emphasized that EU funds are “direct support” for Afghans and will be given to international organizations working on the ground, and not to the Taliban’s interim government, which Brussels does not recognize.
Meanwhile, EU development aid – aside from humanitarian aid – is frozen.
“We must do everything possible to prevent a major humanitarian and socioeconomic collapse in Afghanistan. We need to do it fast,” von der Leyen said, noting that winter was coming.
“We are clear about our conditions for any engagement with the Afghan authorities, including with respect for human rights. The reports so far are speaking for themselves. But the Afghan people should not pay the price for the Taliban’s actions.
EU countries are wary of the prospect of an increase in Afghan asylum seekers trying to enter the bloc, because happened in 2015 Syrians are fleeing their war.
Brussels calculates that donating money to help stabilize Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and helping countries between it and Europe could stop any flows.
Von der Leyen has said that EU countries – particularly those that participated in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s mission, fled as hasty as the Taliban in August. swept into power Helping Afghans is a “moral duty”.
The announced one billion euro aid package will boost spending in the health sector in Afghanistan. In neighboring countries, it will help in migration management and promote cooperation in fighting terrorism, crime and migrant trafficking.
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