Tillerson has accused Russia of supplying weapons to the Taliban
Moscow. August 22. INTERFAX.RU — U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson on Tuesday accused Russia of supplying weapons to terrorists from the Taliban.
Tillerson made this statement on Tuesday at a briefing U.S. state Department. He recalled that such supplies violate norms of international relations and the UN security Council.
The Secretary of state said: “of Course, we would oppose this and would show Russia (which is wrong — if)”.
Previously, the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation has rejected the accusations of the American side that Russia allegedly supplying weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan. “Unlike the American government agencies from the Ministry of defense of Russia was not and cannot be any interaction, and especially the supply of weapons to the organizations recognized by the UN as a terrorist,” — said the official representative of the defense Ministry major-General Igor Konashenkov. “This applies not only to the Afghan Taliban, but also any other international terrorist organizations, which on their own or in coalitions fighting American troops,” he said.
This information was denied by the former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai.
The Taliban prohibited on the territory of Russia