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Aug242017
Russian FM Lavrov calls new US policy on Afghanistan regrettable
Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 03:43PM Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called the new US policy on Afghanistan regrettable, saying the blueprint recently unveiled by President Donald Trump was a "futile course."
Speaking at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday, Lavrov expressed "regret that the main focus of the new strategy announced by Washington is regulation by methods of force."
"We are certain this is a futile course," the top Russian diplomat added.
On August 21, Trump unveiled his administration’s new strategy in war-ravaged Afghanistan, backtracking from his earlier promise to end America's longest war.
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