CNN: Taliban to travel to Russia for Afghanistan talks
(CNN)Representatives of the Taliban will take part in talks in Moscow next month on the future of Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday.
"The initial response is positive - they plan to take part in this meeting. I hope it will be productive," he told reporters in the southern Russian city of Sochi.
Moscow has taken an increasingly active role in efforts to persuade the Taliban to enter into a political settlement with the US-backed Afghan government, with which it has been in a lengthy conflict with.
Last week, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered a month long ceasefire with the Taliban, as officials in Kabul and Washington push for an end to the war which has stretched on since the US invasion in 2001.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. will not attend .... Russia Criticizes Reported U.S. Refusal To Join Moscow Talks On Afghanistan (RFE). The Afghan government is hoping that Moscow will be able to convince the Taliban to enter into talks with them .... Afghanistan seeks Russian help to press Taliban into peace talks (Reuters).
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Could the moves to facilitating Iran's trade money by the EC and the US not involved in the Taliban talks in Russia suggest the US's influence is waning?
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