The Kremlin opens its doors to the Taliban: Russia accredited the first diplomat of the Afghan regime

Russia has granted accreditation to the first diplomat of the Taliban Government, who is already in Moscow, as stated by Kremlin Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

“Last month the first Afghan diplomat sent by the new authorities arrived in Moscow and received accreditation to our Ministry,” Lavrov said in China, where he attends a ministerial meeting of Afghanistan's neighbouring countries.

According to the Russian minister, whose words the Interfax agency recalls, “despite the lack of management experience, financial and economic constraints, political and diplomatic pressure from the United States and its allies, the new Afghan administration, in general, manages to keep the state afloat”.

However, Lavrov recalled that Russia has not yet recognized the Kabul Government, mainly due to its lack of inclusivity.

In this regard, he affirmed that the new authorities must represent not only the country's various ethnic groups, national and religious minorities, but also the political forces.

Russia had assured in August 2021 that it would enter into relations with the Taliban and that, in fact, it had been in contact with them for eight years, which is why their victory was “welcomed with peace” by the Kremlin.

“The movement's coming to power is now a reality and we will need to establish relations with the new Afghan authorities,” said Russia's special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov Kabulov. “We have been dealing with that for the last eight years, which is why we are quietly receiving the changes in Afghanistan,” explained the Russian diplomat.

(With information from EFE)

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