16 March 2016

News Story: Chinese envoy calls for int'l efforts to improve security situation in Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The international community should make efforts to improve the security situation in Afghanistan in order to avoid a reversal of the situation, said a Chinese envoy here on Tuesday.

Liu Jieyi, China's permanent representative to the UN, made the appeal at a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.

"The international community should support Afghanistan in beefing up its capacity building in its national security forces, especially by increasing the training on counter-terrorism and border control so as to improve its capabilities in self-defense and counter-terrorism," said Liu.

Parties concerned should also formulate counter-terrorism measures to help the Afghan government to tackle challenges of terrorism, trans-boundary crimes and drug smuggling, he added.

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