This is reported by the AFP agency on its Twitter.

#BREAKING We must have "dialogue" with the Taliban and avoid "millions of deaths," Guterres tells AFP pic.twitter.com/gAuUVJtLfD

- AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 9, 2021

According to him, dialogue is necessary in order to save millions of lives.

Earlier, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said that the government formed by the Taliban movement has not yet been recognized by anyone.

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