China calls for more world support for Afghanistan

China on Wednesday called on the international community to continue supporting Afghanistan in its efforts to seek peace, stability and development.

Wu Haitao, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, made the remarks at an open meeting of the UN Security Council on the current situation in Afghanistan.

Wu welcomed the Afghan government's efforts to promote national reconciliation and economic development, but acknowledged that the country still faces grave challenges.

He said that achieving national reconciliation is essential for progress and called on the international community to support the process.

Terrorism is an enormous threat to the efforts to build a stable country and capacity-building must be promoted to overcome it, he said.

He also said that good governance, with the participation of the Afghan people, must be bolstered, and that all parties should defuse tension and advance the peace process. Endi