The US President published an official statement.
American President Joe Biden officially stated on the exclusion of Afghanistan from the list of the main allies of the United States outside NATO. This is stated in a message on the White House website.
“In accordance with the authority granted to me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including Section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, I am terminating the designation of Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally of the United States,” Biden said in a statement.
Afghanistan was granted the status of a major non-NATO ally by America in 2012. This became the basis for maintaining defense and economic relations between the two countries.
Unlike the United States' NATO allies, which have signed the pact on common defense, non-NATO ally status does not imply guarantees of mutual protection. In particular, a country with this status has the right to receive loans, and can also be a place of storage of stocks of military reserves belonging to the United States.
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Earlier it was reported that Biden sent a letter to Congress about his intention to deprive Afghanistan of the status of the main US ally outside of NATO.
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