Moscow Ready to Mediate Afghanistan peace Talks between US, Kabul and Taliban
Russia is ready to mediate negotiations between the United States and the Taliban, the Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said.
Russia is ready to mediate negotiations between the United States and the Taliban, the Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said.
The diplomat supported the statements of Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani about the need to negotiate with the Taliban, noting that Russian diplomatic help has a positive impact on the process.
The US and Afghan governments have come to realize the need to negotiate with the moderate wing of the Taliban.
“Without dialogue with the Taliban, it is impossible to achieve peace in Afghanstan,” Kabulov stressed.
“It’s time for the Afghans to stop shedding the blood of the Afghans. Russia has long been talking about the need to begin broad peace talks. Moscow welcomes such intentions. In addition to the president of Afghanistan, the Taliban also made statements about their readiness to start talks. Finally, both sides came to the understanding that we need to negotiate. It did not happen without the positive influence of Russia, which has been urging the parties to come to the negotiating table for more than a year,” Kabulov continued.
