“No, they didn't contact us.

I think that if they have such thought processes, then they are connected with the fact that, apparently, the West realized that there is no alternative to the actual power that is now in Afghanistan, ”he said.

Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron announced in Baghdad about negotiations between France and the Taliban on the organization of humanitarian operations and the continuation of the removal from Afghanistan of citizens who are in danger.

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