The deployment of the US military in the countries of Central Asia will make them hostages of American politics, they are not interested in this, he said
Sambek (Rostov region). August 13. INTERFAX-Russia is concerned about the possibility of spreading the situation in Afghanistan to Central Asia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"Our key concern is that what is happening in Afghanistan does not spread to Central Asia, to the territory of our allies in the Collective Security Treaty Organization," Lavrov told reporters on Friday.
"The Americans, as you know, tried to negotiate with the Central Asian countries to deploy some of the withdrawn weapons and armed forces from Afghanistan on their territory, but here our position coincides with the position of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan: no one needs it. Trying to create a new presence here with the obvious purpose of using force across the border on the territory of Afghanistan makes our allies hostages of American policy, " he added.
