Afghanistan may face economic collapse if its frozen assets are not released: Pakistan FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Afghanistan may face an economic collapse if its frozen assets are not released to cope with the burgeoning needs, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Saturday.
He said Pakistan will host a meeting of the foreign ministers of Muslim countries on December 19 to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
Qureshi told the media in Lahore that the 17th extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers will be held after 41 years, showing the urgency of the Afghan situation.
“Human tragedy can happen if attention is not paid to the Afghanistan situation,” he said, adding that half of Afghanistan’s population can suffer from food shortage.
Advocating for the release of assets of Afghanistan, he said that the country could face an economic collapse if the frozen assets were not released to cope with the burgeoning needs.
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