Putin: Russia negotiates with Taliban on evacuation of third-country citizens from Afghanistan

10 September 2021


Moscow is negotiating with the Taliban to evacuate third-country citizens from Afghanistan, Russian president Vladimir Putin said.


"Many people are asking us to help to take third-country citizens, and even some Afghans, out of the territory of Afghanistan. We are doing this - not clandestinely, we also negotiate with the leaders of the Taliban (radical movement banned in Russia) on certain categories of citizens and we do it," the Russian head of state said at a press conference following talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.

 

 

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Based on materials from TASS