Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister, said that the group’s government is interested in expanding political and economic relations with Moscow. Muttaqi discussed Taliban’s and Moscow’s relations during a meeting with Dmitry Zhirnov, the Russian ambassador in Kabul.
According to the statement of the Taliban’s foreign ministry, the Russian ambassador in Kabul also emphasised on the close relations between the Taliban and Moscow and expressed his country’s willingness to exchange delegations with the Taliban in the areas of interests of the two sides.
The Taliban statement added that in the meeting with the Russian ambassador, Muttaqi also claimed that there is no serious security threat in Afghanistan and added that Afghanistan doesn’t pose any threats to regional countries and the international community.
Russia enjoys close relations with the Taliban and has accepted the group’s diplomats at Afghanistan’s embassy in Moscow.
