India, Russia to deepen cooperation on Afghanistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Nov 17, IRNA -- India and Russia Thursday agreed to deepen their cooperation for assisting war-ravaged Afghanistan to make it a democratic and pluralistic society capable of ensuring security to its people.
'India's efforts are focused on the creation of a democratic, multi-party and pluralistic democracy in Afghanistan,' India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said on Thursday.
Responding to a question after his talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov Moscow, about the withdrawal of NATO-led forces from Afghanistan in 2014 and possibility of deployment of permanent US military in that country, Krishna said, 'India shares special relations with Afghanistan,' PTI news agency reported.
We are concerned at various developments In Afghanistan. We do realise that Afghan forces are not fully prepared to fight terrorism and the government of Afghanistan needs to be supported.'
Afghanistan was one of the key issues at Krishna's talks with Lavrov. The Russian foreign Minister underscored that both Moscow and New Delhi are for a democratic Afghanistan.
He, however, expressed concern at the US plans to maintain its military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014 and called for transparency in this.
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