The Taliban want to participate in the BRICS summit in Russia

The Taliban, who are in power in Afghanistan, sent an application to Moscow to participate in the October BRICS summit in Kazan. This is reported by the Russian mass media, he writes UNN.

BRICS is an informal group of states that includes Russia, Brazil, India, China and the Republic of South Africa.

The next BRICS summit will be held in the Russian city of Kazan on October 22-24.

As it became known, the Taliban want to be represented at the BRICS summit by the country’s acting deputy prime minister, head of the political wing of the terrorist movement “Taliban”, Abdullah Ghani Baradar.

The application for participation from the “Taliban” was addressed to the assistant of the President of the Russian Federation Yuriy Ushakov.

“We express interest in the participation of a high-level delegation in the summit, in particular the Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Abdul Ghani Baradar, as well as myself, together with other participants,” – rosZMI quoted the address as saying.

Let’s add

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.

Russia has not officially recognized the country’s new leadership, in addition, the Taliban has the status of a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation. But this does not prevent the Russian authorities from actively contacting the Taliban.

In March 2022, Russia accredited the first diplomat of Afghanistan, who represents the Taliban government. In addition, representatives of the “Taliban” movement took part in a whole series of economic and political activities that took place on the territory of the Russian Federation.

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