Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov virtually addressed an Afghanistan conference in Tehran Wednesday and called on regional countries not to allow a US or NATO military presence.
“We … call on Afghanistan’s neighboring countries not to allow a military presence of US and NATO forces which plan to move there after leaving Afghan territory,” Lavrov said.
The conference was attended by officials from China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The US has been trying to secure a new military base in the region to continue surveillance and airstrikes in Afghanistan but has failed to reach any agreements so far.
Last week, CNN reported that the US was nearing a deal with Pakistan to use the country’s airspace to carry out operations in Afghanistan. But Pakistan has maintained it would not allow the US to use its territory for military operations and has denied the CNN report.
After the Tehran conference, the regional countries released a joint statement that called for an “inclusive” government in Kabul. “An inclusive and broad-based political structure with the participation of all ethnopolitical groups is the only solution to Afghanistan issues,” the statement said.
Countries like Russia and China never closed their embassies in Kabul but are still holding out on formally recognizing the new Taliban-led Afghan government. The US has seized Afghan government funds and is using them as leverage over the Taliban despite the widespread food shortages in the country.
The Empire is trying to force a division into 2 war camps.
West Europe is now called upon by History. The nature of the thing doesn’t really admit Neutrality, the Switzer’s option, profiteering on both sides; but, if she choses NATO or Neutrality (the dynamic and the passive bourgeois faction), she choses WWIII. But, should she chose to opt out of NATO in solidarity with Sino-Rus Resistance it would place a kind of insuperable “Bundesliga” in the path of the Warfare State’s ambition.
Russia makes SO much more sense..and has so much more credibility…than Amerikkka.
Any American / NATO presence in the region will be a distaster they will continue their efforts to destablize the Region focusing on Russia / China , Countries should have this sign put up in their government buildings America / NATO = DEATH , DESTRUCTION & CHAOS , nothing good will ever come of haveing them any were near your country.
Our presence is like a child who throws stones at a wasp nest. Neighbors get nailed by the wasps also.