Putin and Mirziyoyev will discuss the situation in Afghanistan in Moscow November in Moscow, Interfax reports.
Putin and Mirziyoyev plan to discuss key issues of further development of Russian-Uzbek relations of strategic partnership and alliance and the situation in Afghanistan, as well as sign a significant package of bilateral documents.
< p> In mid-August, power in Afghanistan was seized by the Taliban terrorist movement ( banned in Russia ), which a few months earlier launched a successful offensive amid the withdrawal of American troops from the country.
From the very beginning, the Uzbek authorities called what was happening in Afghanistan an internal affair. Afghan soldiers who fled across the border were expelled back.
Mirziyoyev said that Tashkent had entered into negotiations with the Taliban before anyone else “for the sake of the peace of the people.” “Then not a single state did this, but I gave instructions to negotiate with them. Their leader in Doha, Baradar, promised that not a single bullet would be fired in the direction of Uzbekistan, “he explained.