The meeting focused on bilateral political, economic matters between Afghanistan & Russia, and issues regarding the upcoming UN-meeting of Special envoys on Afghanistan including regional issues.At the outset, commending Russia’s supportive position in regional and international forums, FM Muttaqi reiterated further strengthening political & trade relations between the two countries; additionally, FM Muttaqi said that Afghanistan’s relations with regional countries are in expansion, & currently Afghanistan’s embassies are active almost in all the countries of the region.Calling the relations of the two countries of great significance, FM Muttaqi stressed on understanding the existing ground realities of Afghanistan, thus, there remains no conditions in Afghanistan requiring a special representative for Afghanistan, adding further, FM Muttaqi said that the Afghan government is engaged in discussions with the United Nations, & will express its position following obtaining enough clarification in regards to the agenda & structure of the next Doha meeting.Mr. Kabulov insisted on having the agreement of the Afghan side regarding any meeting held on Afghanistan, adding further, Mr. Kabulov said it is also important for the UN to have the agreement of the Afghan government in the next Doha meeting, emphasizing that it can’t bear any result without the agreement of the Afghan government.Mr. Kabulov said instead of multilateral mechanisms of contact, the governments of the world should engage with the Afghan government through bilateral mechanisms & emphasized that the US should release sovereign reserves of Afghanistan and end the unilateral and illegal restrictions on the banking system, and fulfill its responsibilities.In the end, Mr. Kabulov said that the two countries should have more coordination, & expressed hope that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan will visit Moscow during this year.
20/May/2024
