United Nations published this video item, entitled “Germany and Indonesia on Afghanistan – Security Council Media Stakeout (15 September 2020)” – below is their description.
Informal comments to the media by Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, and by Dian Triansyah Djani, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations, on the situation in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north; and China to the northeast.
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