The minister said this during a speech at the ministerial meeting of the neighboring countries of Afghanistan.
"Now on the agenda are the tasks of stopping and controlling migration flows from Afghanistan, since under the guise of refugees terrorist and criminal elements can and are already trying to penetrate into neighboring countries," TASS quotes him.
As Lavrov noted, this goal can be achieved only by creating normal living conditions in Afghanistan itself.
Earlier, Pentagon Deputy Chief for Political Affairs Colin Cole said that the American side believes that the Islamic State * terrorist group in Afghanistan will be able to renew attacks abroad within one year.
* "Islamic State" (IS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.