Expressing the Taliban’s readiness for a security dialogue with Russia

report Mehr News Agency quoted by Tass, Abdul Omari, Acting Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of the caretaker government of the Taliban in Afghanistan, said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that the Taliban are ready to discuss security issues with Russia. .

In response to a question about this, he said: We want good relations with Russia and the development of such relations. We respect Russia’s desire to remove (Taliban) from the list of banned organizations.

Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said earlier in an interview with Tass about the possible removal of the name of the Taliban from the list, that this process is based on the need to interact with the caretaker government. Afghanistan, including the fight against terrorism, is ongoing.