Powers in Afghanistan Should Not Violate Country’s Sovereignty: Russia
Broader powers for US forces in Afghanistan should not violate the country’s sovereignty and the region’s interests, the Russian top diplomat said.
Broader powers for US forces in Afghanistan should not violate the country’s sovereignty and the region’s interests, the Russian top diplomat said.
“We expect that the broader powers for the US forces in Afghanistan will not violate the sovereignty of that country and will not infringe on the interests of the countries in the region,” Russia’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Alexander Mantytsky told TASS.
After a dramatic surge in terrorist activity in the region, “an impression is being created that the use-of-force pressure by the US in Afghanistan has not met the expectations that had been pinned on it,” the Russian diplomat noted.
Meanwhile, the Russian envoy said, Moscow has not received any information from Western partners on the origin of helicopters that could be involved in transporting terrorists to Afghanistan.
“Unfortunately, neither official Kabul nor our Western partners have been able to give any accurate and credible information on the origin and the goals of unidentified helicopters flying over the territory of the IRA [the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan] and possibly involved in transporting terrorists of the IS [Islamic State terrorist organization outlawed in Russia] and the equipment they need,” the Russian ambassador pointed out.
The Russian diplomat expressed Moscow’s readiness to “render Kabul assistance in training and equipping national security and defense structures as the basic guarantor of security in Afghanistan and participating in the promotion of the national reconciliation process.”
