Chinese President Xi Jinping received the credentials of ambassadors from several countries, including neighboring Afghanistan, in what amounts to the first official recognition of the interim Taliban government by a major nation, Report informs, citing VOA.
Xi welcomed Bilal Karimi, the Taliban-appointed Afghan ambassador, in a formal ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, along with ambassadors from Cuba, Pakistan, Iran and 38 other countries.
"China has understood what the rest of the world has not," Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's chief spokesperson, said at an event on the social media platform X.