British International Secretary Boris Johnson has confirmed Britain will not withdraw from the remainder of the world regardless of voting to depart the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president.
Throughout a go to to Kabul, Afghanistan, the place he met with President Ashraf Ghani and chief government Abdullah Abdullah, Mr Johnson stated Britain remained dedicated to Afghanistan 'for the lengthy haul'.
In addition to continued assist for the NATO-led Resolute Help mission to coach Afghan safety forces, it was doing 'a hell of so much' for help and growth in Afghanistan, in areas like schooling, he stated.
MrJohnson is on an official go to to Kabul to debate problems with mutual curiosity and regional safety with Pakistani management.
Boris Johnshon (left), British International Secretary, shakes fingers with Afghan overseas minister Sallahudin Rabani throughout their assembly in Kabul, Afghanistan, right now
Mr Johnson visited the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul College with British ambassador to Afghanistan, Dominic Jermey (L)
Boris Johnson is on an official go to to Kabul to debate problems with mutual curiosity and regional safety with Pakistani management
He additionally visited the British cemetery in Kabul with the British ambassador and British troopers
Mr Johnson and Mr Jermey learn the tombstones of troopers who died whereas combating in Afghanistan
'None of these will probably be affected by our relationships with the treaties of the European Union, as you'd count on,' he stated.
Britain's June 23 vote for 'Brexit' and Trump's backing for an 'America First' overseas coverage have triggered alarm amongst some commentators who see indicators of accelerating isolationism amongst Western powers.
Nonetheless Johnson, one of many leaders of the pro-Brexit camp, rejected such fears.
'If the query is do I feel that the western world goes to begin withdrawing or delivering on itself, then the reply is emphatically no, I do not suppose so,' Johnson advised reporters. 'That definitely will not be the scenario with the UK.'
'We intend to be extra engaged with the world, extra outward-looking than ever earlier than,' he stated.
Right here Mr Johnson pays his respects after laying a wreath on the British cemetery
The memorial on the cemetery pays respects to greater than 450 British troopers who had been killed
A British soldier seems by the scope of a machine gun to watch an space as he waits for the arrival of Mr Johnson throughout his visits at Camp Qargha in Kabul
A navy helicopter carrying Mr Johnson is seen arriving throughout his go to to Camp Qargha
Britain's International Secretary Boris Johnson (R) shakes fingers with British troopers throughout his go to
'I feel we'll must see how issues pan out in Washington however I feel that the curiosity of america within the safety and stability of this a part of the world will stay basic.'
Johnson visited Kabul College, the place he attended a efficiency of a scene from Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth in Dari, in addition to the British cemetery, with its memorial to greater than 450 British troopers killed in Afghanistan.
He stated Britain might be happy with the sacrifices and achievements of its troops, regardless of the deteriorating scenario in areas like Helmand, now largely below Taliban management, the place extra British troopers died than in every other province.
'Nobody is sitting right here and pretending that issues are excellent however they're higher by far than they had been,' he stated.
'There are numerous ways in which regardless of all of the difficulties and all of the challenges, this place is healthier for the assistance that we've tried to provide it over time,' he stated.
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