Patrushev: you need to stop attempts of United States to gain a foothold on CIS space

As part of the annual meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils of States Parties to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which takes place in Moscow, one of the following discussed by the threat to the countries of the Commonwealth from Afghanistan.

In particular, as the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev, the United States and their allies may try to entrust themselves in the CIS space under the pretext of the deterioration of the situation in Afghanistan, such attempts need to be preserved.

“It is especially important to prevent Afghanistan to become a landfill for rapid geopolitical adventures of external players. I mean, first of all, the attempts of the United States and their allies under the pretext of the deterioration of the situation in this country to entrenched in the region, including the CIS space,” – Quotes Patrushev Interfax.