Valdai Club

The current pause in contacts with the Taliban is necessary to prepare public opinion within the United States for complex agreements on Afghanistan. But no one can guarantee that the Taliban will be no less negotiable in a few months, understanding how some people in the USA are interested in a new agreement during the first half of 2020.

According to the statements made at the final press conference, the summit was rather constructive: there is progress in terms of its functionality and interaction within the Astana troika. The absolute need to respect the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic was confirmed, regardless of any actions to combat terrorism, or remove threats to other countries and their own security. It is especially important that these statements included Turkey.

On October 20, 2011, Muammar Gaddafi was brutally killed. Over seven years, Libya has evolved from a stable, prosperous country into a territory of chaos and lawlessness. According to British media, Russia is strengthening its military presence in Libya and supplies weapons to the Libyan National Army (LNA) of Marshal Khalifa Haftar. According to the Russian Embassy in London, this information “has nothing to do with reality.”