“Washington's dream: to provoke Moscow to war with Afghanistan”
US proposal to the Russian Federation to jointly use Russian military bases in Central Asia to fight the Afghan Taliban (recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation) is aimed at Russia's involvement in the unnecessary war in Afghanistan. This is the view of Semyon Bagdasarov, director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Central Asia. In his opinion, Russia should reject such an offer.
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Citing its sources at the Pentagon, The Wall Street Journal previously said that the issue of sharing Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan was raised during a recent meeting in Finland between US Army Chiefs of Staff Mark Milli and Russian Chief of Staff Valery. Gerasimov.
The Russian Ministry of Defense informed about the meeting that military leaders discussed issues of “common interest”. No more specific information was available. The Pentagon also did not officially announce the subject.
“If, God forbid, we get involved in this conflict, it will be a real dream of the United States and its allies, including our Ukrainian” friends, “Semyon Bagdasarov said in an interview on Soloviev LIVE YouTube. , not Serbia and not Syria … The efficiency of the use of aviation (in the mountains – “MK” ) tends to zero! Or send Russian troops there to fight? But why, for whom and for what ? (Pro) Greater Tajikistan? “- the political scientist asked a rhetorical question.
According to the expert, “negotiations with the Americans should be conducted as carefully as possible.”
“They come and say,” Let's use your bases! “How will they use them? Can we handle our bases on our own, but without you? – said the political scientist. – You fled Afghanistan in disgrace. Do you want to involve Russia in this? Well, they praise us, they pat us on the head and then they start pounding us full again. We swam, we know. “
According to Semyon Bagdasarov,” there is no need to intervene in Afghan affairs. ”
“Otherwise they might be angry.” The Taliban have repeatedly repeated since the time of Mullah Omar (founder of a Taliban organization banned in Russia. – MK ): “We will not interfere in the affairs of other states, but only if we do not interfere in our … to force something, so what actions? The Wall Street Journal wrote: “The Biden administration regularly states that it is ready to work with Russia in areas of common interest, despite the fact that, in general, Russian policy is against the interests of the United States. The government said it would pursue its own goals in the negotiations. At the moment, Russia is one of the elements in stabilizing the situation in this region (I mean Afghanistan. – MK ), so we have no choice but to work with them.
In Central Asia, Russia and CSTO have two large bases: the 201st military base in Dushanbe and the 999th air base in Kantu (Kyrgyzstan). Several thousand Russian soldiers serve them. In the summer, they participated in exercises on the border with Afghanistan.