Grushko: NATO is deaf to the appeals of the Russian Federation to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking – RIA Novosti

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BRUSSELS, April 20 – RIA Novosti NATO remains deaf to the appeals of the Russian Federation to strengthen the fight against Afghan drug trafficking and drug production, which provide substantial financial “recharge” the armed opposition.. This was stated by the Russian permanent representative to NATO, Alexander Grushko in his interview to Russian journalists on the results of the Russia-NATO Council meeting (NRC), on which one of the three main themes was to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

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“Obviously, the situation in the country deteriorate We see two trends. intensification of the Taliban on the one hand, and the overflow of militants associated with LIH, the other Taliban proved that they can conduct operations in any part of the country. with the involvement of the major powers. it is of concern, and the spread of the influence of the growth of the LIH in Afghanistan. LIH is trying to gain a foothold in the north of the country, which could negatively affect the situation in Central Asia. Unfortunately, NATO remains deaf to our calls to intensify efforts to combat the Afghan drug traffic, although it is well known that drug production continues to provide substantial financial “recharge” armed opposition “, – he underlined

.” The pledge to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan – combat-capable and self-sufficient Afghan security forces. While Afghan units suffer significant losses, are unable to effectively deter the onslaught of the Taliban. High level defections. We believe that NATO and the United States, as the main supplier of military personnel in the training mission “strong support”, is increased responsibility for training Afghan forces and the development of the security situation, “- Russian permanent representative said

“of course, we look at Afghanistan in isolation is not the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, – he continued. – Irresponsible “geopolitical engineering” in the region, in which participated and the NATO countries, led to the destruction of the traditional mechanisms of governance and security, uncontrolled spread on the arms and ammunition region, a surge of radicalization and, ultimately, to binge of combat activity of terrorist and extremist structures, primarily LIH (IG) and “Dzhebhat en-Nusra” (both groups banned in Russia).

“Today it is clear that NATO’s decision to suspend cooperation on projects of practical cooperation, including in helicopter and anti-drug projects, initiatives for cooperation in the airspace system, remote detection STANDEX explosives have a negative impact on the security of all members of the NRC, hit the interests of the Europeans in fact, it was another missed opportunity to jointly confront the common challenges “, -. entered the Russian permanent representative.

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