President Vladimir Putin says Russia is trying to build relations with the Taliban and that Russia wants to see all the ethnic groups in Afghanistan take part in running the country.
Putin’s statement Tuesday came in a meeting with President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan during the Russian leader’s first trip abroad since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict.
Tajikistan, which hosts a Russian military base, has a long and porous border with Afghanistan and is wary that Islamic radicalism could seep into the country.
“We are doing everything so that the situation in that country normalizes,” Putin said in Dushanbe, the Tajik capital. “We are attempting to build relations with the political forces that control the situation.”
“We are working from the premise that all ethnic groups in Afghanistan, as was already said, must properly participate in running the country,” he said.
Although Russia designates the Taliban as a terrorist group, the Taliban have representation in Russia and a delegation attended the recent St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Putin on Wednesday will be in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat for a summit of leaders of Caspian Sea littoral states.
(AP)
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only the fools will follow the line of Ukraine, Nazi’s, we are in the most precise time of history…….it seems that there are very few wise leaders to follow___Putin has never harmed Jews, Ukraine has will do and will always be the one country that never apologized nor paid their retribution….May Putin be blessed to do the right thing….
May Putin burn in hell, along with all who follow him!
@ Sara Rifka
Know much about Putin do ya?
Cause I DO!
You see, I GREW UP WITH HIM!
He was a thug when we were kids. He’s still A THUG now!