However, Moscow says it maintains productive cooperation with Washington through the special representatives on Afghanistan, both bilaterally and multilaterally.
“We use these contacts to coordinate our approaches in order to create a favourable international environment for putting an end to the armed confrontation in this country and launching direct peace talks between the opposing Afghan groups,” said Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov.
He said another round of consultations between Russia, the United States . . .









