Russia: The Taliban may attend the Kazan Summit
The Russian Foreign Ministry said a delegation from the Taliban may attend the Russian Economic Summit held on May 5.
“A delegation of Taliban officials has been constantly attending international economic meetings in Russia,” the ministry said in a statement. The 16th meeting of the Russian -Islamic World, called the Kazan summit, will not be excluded from this rule. “
The Russian Foreign Ministry continued to emphasize the importance of being pervasive, saying that such rallies should be held as much as possible with the presence of delegations from different countries and provide “tangible and practical” results.
The Taliban maintained its diplomatic relations with Russia and participated in Moscow’s format talks on Afghanistan and previous meetings of the Kazan Summit.
While Russia has formally recognized the Taliban -led government in Afghanistan, it has shown that it intends to remove the group from its list of terrorist organizations; An action that can pave the way for deeper cooperation between Moscow and Kabul.
The Taliban came to power in August after the overthrow of the US -backed government as US and NATO forces quickly left the country after almost five years.
Many international countries and organizations responded to the Taliban’s resurrection in Afghanistan by cutting off aid and relations with Kabul.
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