Lavrov urged the Taliban to prevent the use of Afghanistan for action against other countries

"We call on the Taliban movement ... to strictly follow the line of preventing anyone from using the territory of Afghanistan against the interests of third countries, first of all, of course, against the immediate neighbors of Afghanistan," said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Earlier it was reported that Lavrov was holding a meeting with a delegation of the radical Taliban before the meeting on Afghanistan in the Moscow format.

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