Russia to aid NATO withdrawal in Afghanistan
MOSCOW. February 9. KAZINFORM Russia would allow NATO to use its territory to withdraw international troops from Afghanistan, the French Ambassador to Moscow said Thursday; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
"We have agreed about transit through Russian territory of the troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan," Ambassador Jean de Gliniasty told the local Kommersant daily.
This follows a statement Wednesday by Russian Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov that Russia and NATO had discussed additional routes for cargo transport via Russian territory to supply international forces in Afghanistan.
Lavrov said the transit would be conducted by rail and air using an airfield in the city of Ulyanovsk in Central Russia; Kazinform cites China Daily.
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