Antonov spoke about the dialogue between Russia and the United States on Afghanistan

He noted that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken "positively assess bilateral contacts at the level of special envoys."

“The coordination of efforts between our countries is aimed at achieving national reconciliation in the Islamic Republic,” the diplomat said.

According to him, "the interests of Moscow and Washington in the Afghan settlement are in many respects close." 

Earlier, American leader Joe Biden and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani held a telephone conversation, during which they discussed the activities of the radical Taliban movement *.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.