Medvedev: Russia is close to establishing full relations with the Taliban

, Dmitry Medvedev, the vice chairman of the Russian Security Council, said about Moscow’s decision to consider the option of removing the Taliban from the list of banned groups that the country is close to establishing full-fledged relations with the Taliban. “text-align:justify”> Medvedev told “Tass” about this: Twenty years is a relatively long period of time during which many things can change. At the beginning of the 21st century, we believed that the Taliban were terrorists and considered Americans to be partners in the fight against extremism. Now everything is different and America supports terrorists.

He emphasized that the geopolitical landscape has changed in the last 20 years, he continued: Now the Taliban are in power and we are close to establishing full relations with them.

Vice Chairman of the Russian Security Council emphasized: the new Afghan authorities are trying to participate in constructive talks, we will find out to what extent they are honest about this.

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