JAKARTA - Russia will invite representatives of the Taliban to an international meeting on Afghanistan to be held in Moscow on October 20.
This was conveyed by President Vladimir Putin's special representative, Zamir Kabulov, in Afghanistan on Thursday, October 7. Kabulov did not elaborate on the plan.
Russia - reported by Reuters via Antara - hosted an international conference on Afghanistan in March which resulted in a joint statement with the United States, China and Pakistan calling on the warring parties in Afghanistan to reach a peace agreement and suppress violence.
The statement also urged the Taliban not to launch any attacks during the spring and summer.
Since the US and its allies brought back their troops after 20 years in Afghanistan, the Taliban took power immediately and the previous government collapsed.
Russia is concerned about the possible collapse of the wider region and the possible infiltration of militia groups into the former Soviet Union states in Central Asia, which Moscow sees as a defensive buffer for their southern regions.
After the takeover by the Taliban, Moscow held military exercises in Tajikistan and strengthened their equipment at military bases in the country.
Putin on Thursday also called Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon to discuss the security situation surrounding the latest developments in Afghanistan, the Tajikistan presidency said in a statement.
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