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[text/observer network chen sijia] on october 4, local time, the sixth meeting of the “moscow model” consultation on afghanistan was held in moscow, the capital of russia. according to the russian media "russia today", zamir kabulov, the russian president's special representative for afghanistan, said on the 4th that russia has begun to remove the afghan taliban from the list of russian terrorist organizations and that relevant departments are completing legal work.

kabulov said: "the russian leadership has made a principled decision on this issue, but the entire process must be carried out within the legal framework." he revealed that the russian foreign ministry and the federal security service are cooperating with other government agencies to formally the afghan taliban will be removed from russia’s list of terrorist organizations, with the hope that a final decision will be made in the near future.

this news was also confirmed by alexander bortnikov, head of the russian federal security service. bortnikov said that russia is making the final decision to remove the taliban from the "blacklist". this move will pave the way for pragmatic cooperation between russia and the afghan interim government and will be conducive to the fight against organized crime and the extremist organization "islamic state" khorasan province”.

regarding russia's statement, suhail shaheen, director of the afghan taliban's political office in qatar, told the russian satellite news agency that the taliban was grateful for russia's decision.

shaheen said: "afghanistan and russia both have the will to strengthen relations and start cooperation in various fields, but (the taliban) is an obstacle to relations between the two countries on the list of terrorist organizations. i think it is necessary to remove the taliban from this list yes, i thank the leadership of the russian federation for taking this issue into consideration.”

mottaki, acting foreign minister of the afghan interim government, also told russian media during the meeting on the 4th that the trade volume between afghanistan and russia has increased, and the afghan interim government hopes to improve the level of diplomatic relations with russia. he said that the current consultation mode is beneficial and hopes that this consultation can continue.

russia added the afghan taliban to its list of terrorist organizations in 2003. "russia today" stated that the russian government accused the organization of hijacking a russian il-76 transport plane in 1995 and being related to terrorist attacks in the north caucasus.

however, after the situation in the north caucasus gradually stabilized, russia's attitude towards the taliban began to change. the expansion and overseas attacks of the extremist organization "islamic state" further promoted this change. after the taliban returned to power in afghanistan in 2021, russia quickly established contact with it, but did not officially recognize the interim afghan government formed by the organization.

in may this year, kabulov stated that the taliban "are definitely not russia's enemies." russian foreign minister lavrov said in june that russia would not recognize the taliban-led afghan interim government unless it met several conditions, such as a commitment to combating the drug trade and terrorism and "respecting the basic rights of all ethnic groups in afghanistan."

russian president vladimir putin said in july that the taliban had become the actual power in afghanistan. "in this sense, the taliban are our partners in the fight against terrorism." putin also added that moscow had received "a definite signal from the taliban to seek cooperation." ".

the sixth meeting of the "moscow model" consultations on afghanistan was held in moscow on the 4th. representatives from russia, china, iran, pakistan, tajikistan, uzbekistan and other countries, as well as the afghan taliban delegation, attended the meeting.

the russian ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement on the 4th saying that all parties participating in the meeting reiterated their support for afghanistan to develop into an independent, unified and peaceful country, and were willing to assist kabul in its anti-terrorism and anti-drug work. all parties participating in the meeting expressed interest in developing regional infrastructure projects involving afghanistan and noted the prospects of economic and trade exchanges and investment cooperation with afghanistan. all parties also noted the importance of international humanitarian assistance to afghanistan and emphasized that assistance should not be politically motivated.

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