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1st LD: Russia ready to supply weapons to Afghanistan

Xinhua, December 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Russia is ready to supply arms to Afghanistan "mainly on a commercial basis," a Russian official said Wednesday.

"We are ready to deliver weapons, but we will do it carefully," Zamir Kabulov, Russia's special presidential envoy to Afghanistan, was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.

Earlier media reports said Afghanistan had turned to Russia for arms supply.

Criticizing NATO for doing an "inefficient" mission in Afghanistan, Kabulov ruled out the possibility of Russia conducting military operations there similar to the airstrikes in Syria. Endi