BERLIN, 31 August 2021, (TON): German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says Uzbekistan is willing to open its borders to people fleeing from Taliban rule in Afghanistan who are on a German list of those in need of being evacuated from the war-torn country.
Speaking during a four-day trip to Central Asia, Pakistan, and the Middle East, Maas said on August 30 that the situation surrounding further evacuations of German citizens, local Afghan staff, and at-risk groups such as human rights activists and journalists in Afghanistan was the focus of his agenda.
Germany has said it plans to take in 40,000 people from Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover more than two weeks ago, either by plane if Kabul airport can be kept open after the U.S. pullout planned for August 31 or overland to neighboring countries.
“Uzbekistan is prepared to help us with this group of people,” Maas told journalists in the Uzbek capital.
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