"Russia maintains contacts with all parties": the Foreign Ministry told about interaction with the political forces of Afghanistan

The Russian Foreign Ministry told about the establishment of working contacts with representatives of the new authorities in Afghanistan in order to ensure the security of the Russian embassy.

The Russian diplomatic mission in Afghanistan is functioning normally.

“Working contacts have been established with representatives of the new authorities in order to ensure the security of the Russian mission abroad,” the ministry said.

According to the ministry, Russia is closely following the development of the situation in Afghanistan after the transfer of power in this country to the Taliban * as a result of "almost complete absence of resistance from the national armed forces trained by the United States and its allies."

According to the information available to the Russian side, "the situation in Kabul and in Afghanistan as a whole is stabilizing."

"The Taliban have started to restore public order, confirmed the security guarantees for local residents and foreign diplomatic missions," the ministry said.

The Foreign Ministry called on all parties in Afghanistan "to refrain from violence and to help resolve the situation peacefully."

In addition, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova said on the air of "Russia 24" that Russia "maintains contacts with all parties in Afghanistan."

Along with this, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the situation in Afghanistan with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

The conversation took place at the initiative of the American side.

"The parties discussed the situation in Afghanistan after the flight of the head of state from the country, the collapse of the current government and de facto ongoing regime change," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

US President Joseph Biden issued an address in which he stated that he did not regret the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, despite the seizure of the republic by the Taliban.

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“I firmly stand on my decision,” the head of state said, noting that he was “deeply saddened” by the situation in Afghanistan.

The head of the White House added that the current government lost control of the country faster than expected.

“The political leadership of Afghanistan surrendered and fled, and the army failed.

We gave them every opportunity to determine their own future, but we could not give them the will to fight for it, ”the US President said.

According to him, the United States has fulfilled its goals in Afghanistan to combat the Al-Qaeda terrorist network ** and must fight terrorists in other countries.

Biden said that it was not in the national interest of the United States to engage US troops in a civil war in another country.

Let us remind you that on August 16, representatives of the Taliban movement announced the end of the war in Afghanistan.

Earlier, they occupied the capital of the state and declared that the republic was entirely under their control.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country shortly thereafter.

Eyewitnesses and the media covered extensively the situation in Kabul, which developed against the backdrop of the arrival of the Taliban in the capital.

The published records show that people who want to leave the country due to the change of government tried to break into the airfield of the airport in Kabul and fly away on the external structural elements of American military aircraft.

Against the backdrop of the Taliban coming to power, a number of international airlines announced their refusal to use the airspace of Afghanistan.

In particular, the Russian Aeroflot will temporarily fly around the republic during flights to Thailand and India from Russia.

Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that Moscow calls on all parties involved in the Afghan settlement to refrain from using violence.

“We call on all the Afghan parties involved to refrain from military action and to promote a peaceful settlement,” he said during a meeting of the UN Security Council, noting that large Afghan cities were taken without resistance.

Nebenzya noted that one should not succumb to panicky sentiments against the background of the current situation.

“At this stage, we believe that you should not give in to panic.

It is important that we managed to avoid mass bloodshed among the civilian population, ”he said.

Speaking about the position of the Russian Federation on building a policy towards Afghanistan, he said that Moscow would act according to the situation.

“As for further official steps in relation to the Taliban, we will determine these steps depending on the development of the situation and their concrete actions,” he said.

At the same time, Nebenzya warned about the continuing terrorist threat in the country, as well as about the flows of refugees outside Afghanistan.

“This creates an additional burden on neighboring republics, including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Pakistan, not to mention the risk of infiltration of militants, including under the guise of refugees,” he said.

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