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We don’t want charity; We want connectivity: Ghani
President Ashraf Ghani told delegates attending the Geneva Conference on Monday that Afghanistan wants to be self-sufficient but needs the help of the international community to achieve this.
He said regional connectivity was key to achieving this and said simply: “We don’t want charity; We want connectivity.”
He thanked Afghanistan’s partners for the investments made so far in the country and thanked those who could also see his vision of a connected country with a strong trade and transit footprint.
Ghani acknowledged “enormous waste” in expenditure had been recorded in the development of the country but recommended a strong asset management and monitoring program be introduced so as to attract large scale investment – especially from multinational companies.
He also stated that a sovereign, united, democratic Afghanistan can only be an asset to the region and to the rest of the world.
Ghani said this during his opening remarks at Monday’s donor pledging conference that will see international partners commit to funding for the Afghan government for the next four years.
