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Putin says American presence in Afghanistan is useful to Moscow’s pursuits, rubbishes claims of ‘Russian bounties to Taliban’
Moscow has lengthy been supportive of the presence of American troops in Afghanistan because it believes they contribute to the area’s stability and in the end help Russia’s nationwide pursuits, President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Sunday.
“I’ll say it as soon as once more: we’ve got no must struggle the American presence [in Afghanistan],” Putin mentioned in an interview aired on the Rossiya-1 TV channel.
The president was responding to a reporter’s query about assertions in US media, utilizing nameless sources, insisting Russia had paid bounties to Taliban militants to kill American troopers. The interview was recorded for a present known as ‘Moscow, Kremlin, Putin.’
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The New York Instances initially printed the declare in regards to the ‘rewards’ – solely to ultimately admit it has zero proof to show its accusations. The Pentagon has repeatedly mentioned it has discovered no proof of such a follow, it had mentioned it deliberate to “get to the underside” of the ‘story.’
Nonetheless, the dearth of proof didn’t cease some US politicians, together with Democratic Occasion presidential candidate Joe Biden, from reasserting the allegations. He revisited them throughout his newest – and closing – debate with President Donald Trump on Thursday evening.
It was “unusual” to listen to such assertions, Putin mentioned, on condition that harming US troops in Afghanistan would, in the long run, hurt Russia’s personal pursuits.
Now we have supported the US presence in Afghanistan from the very outset. We supported the UN Safety Council’s corresponding decision.
“The US presence in Afghanistan nonetheless contributes … to stability in that nation,” the president mentioned, including that, on this sense, it doesn’t run counter to Russia’s personal priorities. Quite the opposite, the withdrawal of American personnel may result in “many dangers,” even when it created situations for an intra-Afghan reconciliation, he opined.
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An American pullout would additionally doubtless imply Russia would want to bear some extra bills of its personal to keep up stability within the area, the president mentioned.
Putin additionally hailed ongoing Russian-US cooperation within the area of intelligence and safety, which continues regardless of the disaster in political relations. Data offered by the People has repeatedly helped Russian safety companies to stop terrorist assaults on dwelling soil, Putin mentioned.
We see the US actions in Afghanistan as anti-terrorist efforts.
Moscow has additionally been sharing counterterrorism intelligence that is perhaps of curiosity to Washington, and has helped its endeavors in different methods. In a single occasion described by Putin, Russia helped the US retrieve an American citizen arrested in Syria on espionage prices. This individual was transferred to Moscow and handed over to the US officers, the president mentioned.
“This cooperation, which is mutually useful, may very well be even higher, however we’re nonetheless happy with it as it’s,” Putin mentioned, dismissing the accusations in opposition to Moscow as “completely baseless.”
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