Moscow. August 16. INTERFAX-Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed the situation in Afghanistan during a telephone conversation on Monday.
"The parties discussed the situation in Afghanistan after the flight of the head of state from the country, the collapse of the existing authorities and the de facto regime change that is taking place," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on the ministry's website.
The Secretary of State reported on " the actions taken by the US administration in the context of the evacuation of employees of the US Embassy in Kabul and the solution of urgent humanitarian tasks arising from the current state of affairs."
"Lavrov informed his colleague about the Russian assessments of the situation and about the contacts of the Russian Embassy with representatives of all the main political forces of Afghanistan in the interests of promoting stability and law and order," the report says.
"The foreign ministers agreed to continue consultations with the participation of representatives of China, Pakistan, other interested countries and the United Nations in order to help create prerequisites for an inclusive inter - Afghan dialogue in the new conditions," the Russian Foreign Ministry informs.
