Moscow to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan via special flights: Russian envoy
Moscow [Russia], November 7 (ANI): A Russian official on Sunday informed that Moscow will start special flights to Afghanistan to provide humanitarian aid to the war-torn country.
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Nov 07, 2021 21:57 IST
Moscow [Russia], November 7 (ANI): A Russian official on Sunday informed that Moscow will start special flights to Afghanistan to provide humanitarian aid to the war-torn country.
"We are preparing special flights to Afghanistan to deliver large humanitarian aid, foodstuffs. On these special flights in November, we will also repatriate Afghan nationals with Russian citizenship," Russia's Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov said during an interview with Rossiya-1 TV, according to Samaa TV.
Earlier, countries who attended the Moscow format meeting on Afghanistan called for providing urgent humanitarian and economic aid to Afghans.
The meeting was held on October 20.
The nations also proposed launching a collective initiative to convene a representative international donor conference on Afghanistan under the UN aegis as soon as possible, Samaa TV reported.
Meanwhile, Russia, Iran, and most of the central Asian countries has agreed to take part in regional security talks on Afghanistan to be hosted by India on November 10.
India is hosting this dialogue to discuss the ongoing Afghanistan situation after the fall of democratically elected government. (ANI)
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