22:45 29/08/2021
France and Britain will submit a resolution at an emergency meeting of the United Nations on Monday proposing the creation of a safe zone in Kabul to protect people trying to leave Afghanistan, French President Emmanuel Macron said. .
"Our proposal-resolution aims to define a safe zone in Kabul, under the control of the UN, which would allow the continuation of humanitarian operations", Macron said in an interview with the newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, which was published on Sunday.
During his visit to Mosul, Iraq, Macron had stated that he hopes such a proposal will be supported.
"I don't see who can oppose the safe continuation of humanitarian operations", Macron told reporters.
The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, has called a meeting of the Security Council to discuss Afghanistan.
Macron said on Saturday that France will hold discussions with the Taliban regarding the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and the possibility of evacuating more people.
American forces guarding the Kabul airport have begun to withdraw. They must withdraw from Afghanistan by August 31.
France is among the many countries that have already completed their evacuation operations from Kabul airport. /REL
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