Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, told Afghanistan’s neighbors to refuse to host U.S. or NATO military forces withdrawing from Afghanistan, Reuters reported.
“We … call on Afghanistan’s neighboring countries not to allow a military presence of U.S. and NATO forces which plan to move there after leaving Afghan territory,” Lavrov said.
He was speaking over video at a conference about Afghanistan held in Tehran, Iran, with representatives from China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in attendance.