Russian President Vladimir Poutine said he hoped Friday (September 3rd) that the Taliban will behave in a “
civilized
” manner in Afghanistan so that other countries can have normal diplomatic relations with Kabul.
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Noting the situation, he said that "
the sooner the Taliban enter the family of civilized peoples, the easier it will be to maintain contact, to communicate
" with them in order to "
influence them in one way or another. other, to ask (them) questions
”.
As such, the Russian president advocated “
civilized relations
” and “
respect for civilized rules
”.
No interest in a "disintegration of Afghanistan"
The previous Taliban regime, until its fall in 2001 after the American intervention following the September 11 attacks, was guilty of terrible abuses and a policy of repression of women that it justified by law. Islamic.
"
Russia has no interest in the disintegration of Afghanistan, if it happened there would be no one to talk to
", further noted the Russian president.
Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia's Far East, Vladimir Putin blamed the United States for the
ongoing
“
disaster
” in Afghanistan.
“
They spent $ 1.5 trillion and what's the result?
There is none,
”he said.
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The Russian authorities have adopted in recent weeks a fairly conciliatory attitude towards the Taliban, noting their victory while calling for a "
national dialogue
" to form a representative government.
Moscow, on the other hand, still considers the group to be "
terrorist
", even though Russia has been in dialogue with it for years.
The Russian authorities are above all worried for the security of the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, bordering Afghanistan, and to see the emergence of new jihadist groups inspired by or supported by the Taliban. The Kremlin also wants to prevent a regional influx of refugees and a new surge in opium and heroin trafficking.
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