"The Taliban welcomes Moscow's steps to remove them from the list of terrorists – Afghan envoy is curious in cooperation with Russia and another BRICS countries, said RT Mohammad Suhail Shaheen"

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Afghanistan Ambassador to Qatar, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen © RT

Both Afghanistan and Russia will benefit erstwhile Moscow removes the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations, said RT Kabul Ambassador to Qatar, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen.
At the beginning of this week, the Russian Public Prosecutor's Office applied for the abolition of the Taliban ban in the country, and the application is due to be examined by the ultimate Court on 17 April.

The muslim group has been on the Russian terrorist organization list since 2003. Moscow increased diplomatic contacts with the Taliban after taking over power in Afghanistan in 2021, utilizing the withdrawal of US forces after their twenty-year presence in this Central Asian country.The request of Russian prosecutors is "A affirmative step"Because both Kabul and Moscow "are curious in cooperation in different fields", said Shaheen, de facto Taliban global spokesperson, in an interview on Wednesday.Prohibition of group activities in Russia “it prevented this cooperation, so it had to be removed immediately”, added.According to the envoy, the Taliban government, which is not recognized by the UN, would like Russia to participate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan after years of fighting.

This country offers ‘many possibilities, mineral resources, fields and another areas of interest’, he added."Russia is simply a very large country in the region, an crucial country.

This is our policy, therefore, and we want to keep relations with all countries, especially the countries of the region", stressed Shaheen.Even the United States could participate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan despite its "a destructive function during the business of the country", He said."We do not want Afghanistan to become a field of competition with another countries...

We are open to Russian investments and cooperation in various areas, and our relation with the US will not harm this.” – explained the envoy.The presence of a Taliban delegation at the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan attracted much attention last autumn.

To ask if the Afghan authorities want to grow ties with this organization, Shaheen replied:

"Yes, we want to work together; we want our delegation to be present at all global conference and present its matter... to itself and to its words."



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source:https://www.rt.com/news/615270-taliban-afghanistan-russia-brics/

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