Regional Countries left in Dark during US-Taliban Talks: Lavrov
Washington is trying to take full control of talks with the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) and conduct talks in secrecy, keeping the countries of the region in the dark, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference on Monday.
Washington is trying to take full control of talks with the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) and conduct talks in secrecy, keeping the countries of the region in the dark, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference on Monday.
“If we look at the Afghan issue in broader terms, we will see that there is a need to search for a political solution apart from resolving security issues. Russia has been calling for intra-Afghan dialogue, which would involve the government and the Taliban movement,” Lavrov said, adding that the importance of the Moscow consultations on Afghanistan was confirmed at the Bishkek meeting. According to Tass.
The Russian top diplomat pointed out that the Americans were regularly invited to those consultations but “they prefer meetings that involve less participants.” The source added.
“Everyone agrees that dialogue between the government and the Taliban is inevitable. But some countries, namely the United States, seek to take control of this dialogue and conduct talks in secrecy,” Lavrov noted.
“Thus the countries of the region that care about what will become of Afghanistan are left in the dark as far as our American partners’ plans are concerned,” he added.
