Afghanistan is interested in cooperating with Russia and other BRICS nations, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen has told RT
Both Afghanistan and Russia will benefit once Moscow removes the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations, Kabul’s ambassador to Qatar, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, has told RT.
Earlier this week, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office filed a motion to lift the ban on the activities of the Taliban in the country, with the request to be considered by the Supreme Court on April 17. The Islamist group had been on Russia’s terrorist organization list since 2003.
Moscow increased diplomatic contacts with the Taliban after it took power in Afghanistan in 2021, capitalizing on the withdrawal of US forces after their two-decade presence in the Central Asian country.
The Russian prosecutors’ request is “a positive step” because both Kabul and Moscow “have interest to have cooperation in various fields,” Shaheen, the Taliban’s de facto international spokesman, said in an interview on Wednesday.
The ban on the group in Russia stood “in the way of that cooperation, so it was directly needed to remove it,” he added.
According to the envoy, the Taliban government, which is not recognized by the UN, would like Russia to take part in the reconstruction of Afghanistan after years of fighting. The country offers “a lot of opportunity, and mineral resources, and agricultural fields, and other areas of interest,” he added.
“Russia is a very big country of the region, an important country. So that is our policy – we want to have relations with all countries, particularly with the regional countries,” Shaheen stressed.
Even the US could take part in rebuilding Afghanistan, despite its “destructive role during the occupation of the country,” he said.
“We do not want Afghanistan to become a ground for rivalry against another countries… We are open to Russian investment and cooperation in various fields, and our relations with the US will not harm that,” the envoy explained.
Last fall, the presence of the Taliban’s delegation at the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan attracted a lot of attention. When asked if the Afghan authorities are looking to expand ties with the organization, Shaheen replied: “Yes, we want the cooperation; we want our delegation to be present in any international conference and present their case… themselves and with their words.”
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