ANKARA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd February, 2019) Washington expressed readiness to launch a dialogue about practical cooperation with Moscow in combating Islamic State (IS, banned in Russia) and al-Qaeda (banned in Russia) terrorist groups in Afghanistan, Russia's Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said Friday.
Kabulov met earlier in the day with US Special Representative for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in Turkish capital, Ankara to discuss the Afghan peace process.
"...today Mr. Khalilzad said that the relevant competent US experts have asked him to inform their Russian colleagues that they are ready for substantive discussion of practical cooperation with Russia in combating IS and al-Qaeda. We take it as a sign that we have been heard, let the professionals take care of this now," Kabulov told Russian journalists in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
