Taliban Foreign Minister Muttaqi to go to Russia subsequent week

Amir Khan Muttaqi, the ‘Foreign Minister’ of the Taliban administration, will go to Moscow subsequent week to attend a gathering on Afghanistan reconciliation and regional cooperation, the Russian Foreign Ministry has mentioned.

In a daily briefing on Thursday (October 3, 2025), Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova mentioned that Mr. Muttaqi will even maintain bilateral talks together with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the occasion.

“The seventh assembly of the Moscow Format consultations on Afghanistan might be held in Moscow on October 7, bringing collectively particular representatives and senior officers from Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan,” she mentioned.

She added {that a} delegation from Belarus has additionally been invited as a visitor.

Ms. Zakharova mentioned Afghanistan might be represented by ‘Foreign Minister’ Muttaqi, who will maintain a separate assembly with Foreign Minister Lavrov on the sidelines of the occasion.

The assembly on Afghanistan is to be inaugurated by Mr. Lavrov.

At the in-camera assembly, precedence might be given to selling Afghan nationwide reconciliation and increasing sensible cooperation between regional states and Kabul within the political, financial, counter-terrorism, and anti-drug fields.

A joint assertion is prone to be adopted following the assembly, in accordance with Ms. Zakharova.

Mr. Muttaqi, who has been granted a UN travel-ban waiver not too long ago, can also be scheduled to go to India subsequent week, media reviews mentioned.