Georgia calls for safe departure of citizens from Afghanistan via int’l joint statement
The Taliban entered the capital of Afghanistan Kabul several days ago and occupied the presidential palace. Photo: IPN.
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The joint statement of 25 European Union member states and more than 40 other countries calls for ‘the safe and orderly departure of foreign nationals and Afghans who wish to leave the country’ amid the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.
The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles is among the statement’s signatories who called for the protection of human life and the restoration of civil order.
Human life needs to be protected and security and civil order restored. Afghans deserve to live in safety, security and dignity.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) August 16, 2021
International community supports and calls on all parties to facilitate safe departure of foreign nationals and Afghans who wish to leave the country. https://t.co/biHeBZqYTY
The joint statement reads that for the departure of Afghans and international citizens the ‘roads, airports and border crossing must remain open, and calm must be maintained.’
The Afghan people deserve to live in safety, security and dignity. We in the international community stand ready to assist them,” says the statement.
Permanent Representative of Georgia to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Tamar Beruchashvili has tweeted:
#Georgia ????????joints the joint statement on #Afghanistan ????????by @JosepBorrellF,25???????? Member States & more than 40 other countries: "The Afghan people deserve to live in safety, security & dignity. We in the international community stand ready to assist them.”https://t.co/oWHj7s4d3h
— Tamar Beruchashvili - თამარ ბერუჩაშვილი (@tberuch) August 17, 2021
The Georgian government in coordination with the Georgian Foreign Ministry is working to ensure the safe return of 23 Georgian citizens from Afghanistan.
The Taliban entered the capital of Afghanistan Kabul several days ago and occupied the presidential palace.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani left the country before the Taliban’s declaration of its victory.
860 Georgian soldiers will start leaving Afghanistan in May as the US and NATO will begin withdrawing their troops from the country after two decades of war.NATO allies agreed on Wednesday, according to US plans, to start removing troops by May 1.The pull-out is to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US by jihadist organization al-Qaida.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry and the administration of the government of Georgia are working in coordination to ensure the safe return of several Georgian citizens who are now in Afghanistan, after the Taliban seized control of Kabul yesterday and crowds are trying to flee the country. The Georgian Foreign Ministry said yesterday that the Georgian citizens, who were contract employees in Afghanistan, contacted them yesterday and ‘we have instantly begun taking actions to help them.’
The last remaining Georgian troops in NATO's Resolute Support peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan began their drawdown on Monday, with the 32nd Battalion of the Georgian Defence Forces set to return to the homeland in phases.
One hundred Georgian soldiers from the third infantry brigade have already left Afghanistan and returned to Georgia as the US and NATO have begun withdrawing their troops from the country after two decades of war.
Six Georgian citizens, who worked for a US company in Afghanistan, have been evacuated from the country via a Hungarian charter flight, the Georgian Foreign Ministry has reported. The Georgian citizens, who were trying to flee the country after the Taliban seized control of Kabul on August 15, have already landed in Tbilisi. Sixteen other Georgian citizens remain in Afghanistan currently and the Georgian Foreign Ministry says they are doing ‘their utmost’ to ensure their safe return.
The last sixteen Georgian citizens remaining in Kabul following the Taliban’s capture of Kabul on August 15 have been evacuated from the country. The IPN news agency has cited the Georgian Foreign Ministry as saying that the individuals have been evacuated via a British charter flight. The agency said that the British plane will land in Dubai and the individuals will be able to return to Georgia from Dubai later today.