Moscow does not want to see the American military in Central Asia, since the organization of the collective security treaty has a common security space, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
According to the Russian minister, leaving Afghanistan, the United States wanted to place a part of their infrastructure, weapons and servicemen in the territory of neighboring countries. This would allow them if necessary, to inflict on the territory of Afghanistan, if he “behaves badly”, Sergey Lavrov said.
“In addition, Wall Street Journal asked if Russia would want to see American soldiers in Central Asia. Not. First, we have a common security space, and in this space there are our obligations. I mean the organization of the Treaty Collective security, which involves the consent of all allies on issues relating to the placement of foreign armed forces in their territory, “Lavrov said to journalists, who quotes RIA Novosti.
The main reason he called that the Americans wanted to leav from Afghanistan, place a part of their infrastructure and weapons, military personnel on the territory of neighboring countries so that if necessary, it was possible to put strikes on the territory of Afghanistan if Afghanistan “would be bad” .
Previously, the Wall Street Journal newspaper reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin on the June Summit in Geneva told his American colleague Joe Bidenu that Russia and China against the US military presence in Central Asia and Afghanistan.