IS pulling forces into Afghanistan using peace negotiations delay – Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, on Friday said the Islamic State terrorist group (IS) is pulling forces into Afghanistan in preparation for peace negotiation between Russia and the Taliban movement.

Lavrov said this at a press conference after negotiations with Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani.

He said that IS is using peace negotiation delay in preparations for the peace negotiations between the government and Taliban movement of Afghanistan.

“It is also important to pay attention to Afghanistan, where IS is actively concentrating its forces, it does this using the inexcusably dragged-out process of preparing real peace negotiations.

“Those people in Afghanistan, in its governing structures who are trying to promote a further delay should think about the consequences of these actions for their homeland,’’ he said.