Russia has promised efforts at stabilising the volatile situation in Afghanistan through multilateral mechanisms. President Vladimir Putin also spoke of the terrorist infiltration threat while addressing a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Armenia on…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced strong aversion to a new civil strife in Afghanistan. "It is in our interest to prevent a recurrence of civil war in Afghanistan," he said at the Russia-Central Asia summit. A state-run…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the US to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets and compensation for harm done during the years of occupation, according to a media report on Friday. Speaking at the sixth summit of the Conference on…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have discussed bilateral cooperation on regional and international issues. On Friday, Erdogan arrived in Russia and he met Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, TASS…
The Russian president is scheduled to visit Tehran next week for talks his Iranian and Turkish counterparts, says the Kremlin’s spokesman. Vladimir Putin would discuss issues of common interest with his Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish leader…
The presidents of Russia and Turkey are likely to meet in the near future on issues of common interest. The Kremlin said on Monday President Vladimir Putin was scheduled to meet soon his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.…
The Russian president has asked the United States and its allies to bear the lion’s share of funding Afghanistan’s reconstruction. Vladimir Putin made the remarks during a meeting with his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Moscow on Friday.…
Russian and Tajik presidents have exchanged views on the security situation in Afghanistan, a media report said on Saturday. During a phone call, President Emomali Rakhmon of Tajikistan conferred with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on recent security…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will receive UN secretary-general on his arrival arrive in Moscow next week, a media report said on Saturday. Antonio Guterres would visit Moscow on April 26 for talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Putin’s…
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the ruble’s exchange rate is returning to the levels of early February. Addressing a meeting on his country’s sanctions-hit economy on Monday, Putin insisted: “Russia has withstood this unprecedented pressure.” Russia’s surplus of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan are all set to hold a summit in Moscow today (Thursday). In response to Putin’s invitation, Khan is currently in Moscow on a two-day official trip. He is…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden have held a phone conversation amid tensions over Ukraine. The Russian president reminded his counterparts that the West had not done enough to force Ukraine to perform the…
Pakistani and Russian leaders have exchanged views on the current humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. In a phone call on Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Vladimir Putin agreed to remain in close contact on Afghanistan. "The prime…
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the situation on the Afghan-Tajik border is a cause for concern. Putin voiced his concern at a meeting with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon in the Russian port city of Saint Petersburg on…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have discussed the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. At his meeting with Modi in New Delhi on Monday, Putin said: “The fight against terrorism is also a fight against…
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi today (Monday) for talks with top Indian leaders on issues including Afghanistan. As part of the 21st India-Russia annual summit, Putin will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his defence and…
Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) have reminded the West, the United States in particular, of their duty to help avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan after ending their 20-year presence in the country. The fate of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has exchanged views with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on the latest developments in Afghanistan. The exchange of views, the second between the two leaders in less than a month, came on Tuesday, when…
Pakistan and with Russia have agreed to work together to bring peace to Afghanistan and combat terrorist threats to the region. In a phone conversation on Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Vladimir Putin underlined a coordinated…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the global fraternity to prevent the collapse of Afghanistan. Other countries should not impose their own values on Afghanistan and that the reality was that the Taliban had taken control of most…
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Tajikistan’s concerns at the situation in Afghanistan are well-founded. "Security issues are crucial in the region because of recent developments in Afghanistan," the Russian leader said on Saturday. According to TASS news agency,…
KABUL is in the interest of overall regional security, says the Russian president. "Initially, we backed the US forces’ presence in Afghanistan and earlier voted in favour of a UN Security Council resolution,” Vladimir Putin said in an interview on…
KABUL’s independence. The Afghans claimed the independence from Britain in year 1919 and people of Afghanistan celebrate the day every year on August 19. In a statement, the Presidential Palace said President Ghani met with Russian Ambassador Dmitriy Zhirnov who…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has commended Pakistan’s role in promoting regional peace stability. Putin had a brief meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek. The two leaders…
