Russia’s contacts with Taliban are businesslike, FM Lavrov says

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

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# 31 December 2021 13:20 (UTC +04:00)

Russia maintains working contacts with representatives of the Taliban that came to power in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told in an interview, APA reports citing TASS.

"We maintain businesslike contacts with representatives of new Afghanistan’s authorities, including through our embassy in Kabul. The humanitarian sphere is becoming a particularly important area of practical interaction in conditions of the socio-economic crisis," Lavrov said.

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