“We provide transit facilities, we cooperate in equipping the Afghan ar...” — Sergei Lavrov Quote

“We provide transit facilities, we cooperate in equipping the Afghan army and security forces with arms and helicopters, we cooperate in training officers for law enforcement agencies.”

“We have become stronger economically; we have been successfully resolving the social problems, raising the level of living - the standards of living - of the population.”

“We feel no isolation. But, having said that, I want to emphasise in particular that we do not want to go to extremes and abandon the European and American directions in our foreign economic cooperation.”

“Talking to the Taliban is a process the Afghans have to manage. It is their country.”

“We are not in Afghanistan because girls were not allowed to go to school, but helping them do so will give the Afghan people hope for a better future.”

“It is not surprising that most Pakistanis do not support America's bombardment of Afghanistan. The Afghans are neighbours on the brink of starvation and devastated by war. America has shown itself to be untrustworthy, a superpower that uses its values as a scabbard for its sword.”