Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov acknowledged Wednesday, October 20 the “
efforts
” of the Taliban to stabilize Afghanistan, while noting that the “
terrorist
”
risk
coming from the country threatened the whole region.
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"
We recognize the efforts undertaken to stabilize the politico-military situation
," he said during initial international talks in Moscow with the new masters of Afghanistan, while noting that "
there is a real risk that the terrorist activities and drug trafficking (...) spill over into the territory of neighboring countries
”.