Joe Biden spoke to Boris Johnson about the crisis in Afghanistan and they will host a G7 summit

The president of the United States, Joe biden, and the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, agreed on Tuesday to convene a virtual summit of leaders of the G7 next week on Afghanistan, after the capture of Kabul by the Taliban.

Biden spoke by phone with Johnson, the first leader of another country with whom he spoke about the situation in Afghanistan since the fall of Kabul, the White House reported in a statement.

“They both agreed to hold a virtual meeting of G7 leaders next week, to discuss a common strategy and approach.” in Afghanistan, according to the note.

The United Kingdom, which holds the rotating presidency of the G7 (the richest countries in the world), had already announced on Tuesday that Johnson was planning to organize a virtual meeting of this group to assess the situation in the Central Asian country after the triumph of the insurgents.

At your call, Biden and Johnson “addressed the need for continued close coordination between allies and democratic partners on their policy towards Afghanistan going forward.”noted the White House.

Specific, investigated how “the global community can provide more humanitarian aid and support to refugees and other vulnerable Afghans”added.

The two leaders “They underlined the bravery and professionalism of their military and civilian personnel, who are working together in Kabul to evacuate” the citizens of the two countries and “the Afghans who aided” their respective troops during the Allied intervention in Afghanistan.

The call came shortly after Biden’s national security adviser, Jacques Sullivan, admitted at a press conference that the US president had not called any leader of another country to comment on the situation in Afghanistan, despite the multiple contacts that have taken place between European leaders.

Yesterday, Biden defended his country’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, despite the lightning victory of the Taliban which sowed panic in Kabul.

In his message from the White House, the first since Islamic insurgents took control of Afghanistan over the weekend, Biden admitted that the Taliban advance was faster than expected.

He spared no criticism of the Afghan government, backed by Western powers, claiming that its troops they could not defend a nation whose leaders “surrendered and fled” as President Ashraf Ghani did.

“We gave them every chance to determine their own future. We couldn’t give them the will to fight for that future“Biden said, after warning that he would not continue to risk the lives of American soldiers for another 20 years.

Added that “The mission in Afghanistan was never meant to be nation building.

The Taliban took control of Kabul on Sunday after the entry of its fighters into the capital without encountering resistance, with almost all the provinces under their control, and after the flight of the hitherto Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani.

(With information from AFP and EFE)

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