Russia calls for assistance in unfreezing of US-blocked Afghan assets

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev called for assistance in the earliest possible unfreezing of Afghan assets illegally blocked by the United States.

“[It is] necessary to facilitate the earliest possible unfreezing of Afghan assets illegally blocked by US in order to develop social and economic projects in Afghanistan,” the Russian Security Council Secretary said on Friday in Dushanbe during the fourth round of multilateral consultations on the Afghan issue, TASS reports.

He also spoke in favor of establishing closer coordination in order to develop a unified line on the Afghan direction, intensifying efforts to increase the volume of international humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and to organize its delivery to the country.

“On the Afghan track it is important to promote the consolidation of corresponding international efforts, first of all under the aegis of the UN. We believe that the [United Nations] should be the main coordinator in solving the whole range of problems of post-conflict reconstruction of Afghanistan,” Patrushev said.