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BISHKEK (TCA) — Russia plans to host international talks on the conflict in Afghanistan on April 14, Hanif Atmar, the Afghan president’s national security adviser, told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan on March 18. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov believes that the main security threat in Central Asia comes from Afghanistan. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The government of Afghanistan has offered Russia to participate in the restoration of 124 facilities important for the national economy, the commercial attache of the Afghan Embassy to Russia Kasem Mohammad has said, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Russian Foreign Ministry on March 10 said that accusations of Russia’s support of the Taliban in Afghanistan through arms supplies are “absurd”, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Russia and China are not competing for influence in Central Asia since their priorities in the region coincide, including maintaining political stability, promoting economic development and upholding secular statehood, says political analyst Alexander Lukin, head of the Department of International Relations at the Moscow-based Higher School of Economics, Sputnik news agency reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said after his talks with Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev in Bishkek on February 28 that Moscow and Bishkek have agreed to strengthen military and technical cooperation to face terrorist and criminal threats, and that Russia is ready to close its military base in Kyrgyzstan should Bishkek ask for it, Sputnik news agency reported. Continue reading
