By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 8, 2023Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, yesterday (07) said that the government could not do anything about the activities of ex-military officers overseas.Minister Sabry said so in response to The Island query whether the Sri Lankan law prohibited Sri Lankans from joining the armed forces of Ukraine. Three ex-military personnel including a former Special Forces officer serving with what is widely referred to as Ukrainian Foreign Legion aka…
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Report in Nepalnews, Dec 05, 2023The government has confirmed the death of six Nepali citizens serving in the Russian army. The Russian government has been urged to promptly send the bodies back to their homes and ensure compensation to the bereaved families. In a press note Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has identified the deceased. The government has urged Russia to not recruit any Nepali citizens in its military force and if anyone still…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 21, 2023Russian media have reported the detention of a student affiliated with one of the active terrorist groups in Afghanistan, alleging that he had been propagating for extremist terrorist organizations. According to the TASS news agency, the detained individual is a student who had been actively involved in calling upon people to engage in “jihad” against the “infidels.” Details about the identity of the detained individual…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 12, 2023Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev expressed satisfaction over counter-narcotics in Afghanistan, saying that the “Taliban” has contributed more to the fight against drugs in Afghanistan in the past year than a two-decade effort by a coalition led by the United States. He said that the US-led coalition forces were interested in “exporting heroin” to Russia and other countries. “In less than a year, the Taliban, no matter…
report in Khaama Press online, Sept 29, 2023Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will not meet with the Taliban delegation invited as “guests” to the Moscow Format meeting in Kazan, confirmed Zamir Kabulov, the Russian special envoy for Afghanistan. Kabulov’s comments came during an interview with the RTVI media outlet in response to a question about the potential for Lavrov to meet with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting foreign Minister of the Taliban, at the event.…
Reuters in Dawn, September 28th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Just a day after Russia claimed to have made its first Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) delivery to Pakistan, the government distanced itself from the import, triggering a controversy over the shipment amid an energy crisis. The energy ministry on Wednesday said Islamabad was ascertaining the facts after Russia’s embassy tweeted that Moscow had made its first LPG delivery to Pakistan. However, the ministry made it clear that the government…
By Tanveer Malik in The News, September 23, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan will hold talks with Russia next month on a long-term arrangement for importing Russian crude oil, as the country seeks to diversify its energy sources and cope with high prices of petroleum products. A high-level delegation will attend an energy conference in Russia from Oct. 10 to Oct. 12, and meet with Russian officials on the sidelines to discuss energy cooperation, sources told The News…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, Aug 1, 2023 at 8:47 PMThe Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that the new Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan will take place on September 29 in Kazan. Kabulov told TASS that the upcoming meeting will focus on the topic of inclusivity of the current Afghan government, counterterrorism and drug-related crime. “So far, we have seen [no progress on this issue – TASS]. This is why we convene,…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, June 06, 2023 at 9:09 PMThe Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, has once again reiterated his country’s support for an inclusive government in Afghanistan. Lavrov arrived in Tajikistan on Monday for a two-day visit. He will meet with the foreign minister and the president of the country and will visit Russia’s 201st military base, Interfax reported. In a meeting with his Tajikistani counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Lavrov stressed countering…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, May 17, 2023A delegation of the Afghan interim government left Kabul on Wednesday to attend the Russia-Islamic World Economic Forum, which will take place in Kazan, the Russian Republic of Tatarstan. The Russia-Islamic World: Kazan Forum is a platform for economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – to be held from May 18-19. The Afghan delegation included the…
By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, Apr 8, 2023 at 7:18 PMThe fourth foreign minister’s meeting of the neighboring countries of Afghanistan will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on April 13, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Friday. According to TASS, the participants of this meeting will discuss the fight against narcotics production and the activities of terrorist groups in Afghanistan. “The fourth ministerial conference of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries (with the participation of Russia, China, Iran,…