russia will supply the nato troops stationed in afghanistan with electricity and mr lavrov also spoke about further steps in that direction the nation russia and nato agreed continued cooperation towards a. afghan settlement program to train pilots and other security forces will be expanded with the aim of boosting security in the country and finding the drugs easier conditions for transit across the border will be extended to armored vehicles clearly all that issues will be discussed between the russian president dmitry medvedev and he's afghan counterpart mr karzai when he comes to moscow in january twenty seventh and this visit of the afghan foreign ministry in moscow is preparing that presence visit in the upcoming january. are let's get a perspective on the foreign ministers meeting from kabul afghan member of parliament daoud sultanzoy joins a joins us now live so with russia reengaging with afghanistan talk to me about this how significant is this is the involvement here. i think it's very important for russia's reentry into the afghan

we know that russia will supply the nato troops stationed in afghanistan with electricity and mr lavrov also spoke about further steps in that development in that direction. the nation russia and nato agreed continued cooperation towards an afghan settlement program to train pilots and other security forces will be expanded with the aim of boosting security in the country and finding the drug flow the easier conditions for transit across the border will be extended to armored vehicles. well clearly all that issues will be discussed between the russian president dmitry medvedev and he's afghan counterpart mr karzai when he comes to moscow in january twentieth levon and this visit of the afghan foreign ministry in moscow is preparing the president's visit in the upcoming january. while i see things from much and even bring us the sub data links here cesky there. meanwhile the violence in afghanistan is at an all time high according to the latest pentagon report even so u.s. military chiefs are claiming modest gains against the taliban despite a four fold inc

met with his afghan counterpart the karzai they spoke about how important it is for both russia and afghanistan to fight the drug trafficking for russia it is a serious problem because all of the drugs are coming through the russian territory into europe and that's why this issue is bernie wanted has to be dealt with now this operation you mentioned is regarded as a big success by the book by both foreign ministers the one which was held in october when the one ton of parian was destroyed in a joint operation of the u.s. and russian special forces in afghanistan now we're also expecting of course that cooperation to continue we know that russia recently supplied more than twenty thousand kalashnikov rifles to afghanistan to the interior troops in afghanistan to fight the drug trafficking in the country we're also expecting more hardware more. different tools needed in these special operations to be delivered from russia to afghanistan in the short future but we understand that all these issues will be discussed during karzai visit to moscow in january twentieth something which was indeed in the

russia will supply the nato troops stationed in afghanistan withelectricity and mr lavrov also spoke about further steps in that direction the nation russia and nato agreed continued cooperation towards a. afghan settlement program to train pilots and other security forces will be expanded with the aim of boosting security in the country and finding the drug flow easier conditions for transit across the border will be extended to armored vehicles clearly all that issues will be discussed between the russian president dmitry medvedev and he's afghan counterpart mr karzai when he comes to moscow in january twentieth levon and this visit of the afghan foreign minister in moscow is preparing that president's visit in the upcoming january. there are experts who still believe the war in afghanistan can't be won despite all efforts my basic view is that the war is completely unwinnable russia may be making friendly noises towards nato now because of that as we know there's a rapprochement between the alliance and russia but in my view it's basically forma

russia will supply the nato troops stationed in afghanistan with electricity and mr lavrov also spoke about further steps in that direction the nation russia and nato agreed continued cooperation towards a. afghan settlement program to train pilots and other security forces will be expanded with the aim of boosting security in the country and finding the drug flow easier conditions for transit across the border will be extended to armored vehicles clearly all that issues will be discussed between the russian president dmitry medvedev and he's afghan counterpart mr karzai when he comes to moscow in january twentieth levon and this visit of the afghan foreign minister in moscow is preparing that president's visit in the upcoming january. alexina chefs give them the head of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament constantine calls the job says it's in moscow's own interests to expand cooperation with nato in afghanistan as a russian political defer to support this idea of providing the russian territory for the transit for

russia will supply the nato troops stationed in afghanistan with electricity and also spoke about further steps in that direction the nation russia and nato agreed continued cooperation towards a. settlement program to train pilots and other security forces will be expanded with the aim of boosting security in the country and finding the drug flow easier conditions for transit across the border will be extended to armored vehicles clearly all that issues will be discussed between the russian president dmitry medvedev and he's afghan counterpart mr karzai when he comes to moscow in january twentieth levin and this visit of the foreign minister in moscow is preparing that president's visit and the upcoming january interview with afghan foreign minister dr zalmai rassoul says fighting drug production and trafficking is a common aim but the west should increase its efforts to and thereby reduce demand for the poppy production in afghanistan have to result of thirty years of war and lawlessness and despair of the afghan people who do new tomorrow he's g

russia will supply the nato troops stationed in afghanistan with electricity and also spoke about further steps in that direction the mission russia and nato agreed continued cooperation towards a. afghan settlement program to train pilots and other security forces will be expanded with the aim of boosting security in the country and finding the drug flow easier conditions for transit across the border will be extended to armored vehicles. clearly all that issues will be discussed between the russian president dmitry medvedev and he's afghan counterpart mr karzai when he comes to moscow in january twenty seventh and this visit of the afghan foreign minister in moscow is preparing that president's visit in the coming january. reporting more analysis on efforts to resolve the problems in afghanistan and are joined by evenness often truck from the moscow state university of international relations so we're seeing get more cooperation between moscow and nato on afghanistan tell me this just how significant is the expansion of the transit deal. wel

is providing significant support to afghanistan's law enforcement structures and authorities who through greece and later russia has. with supplied the good bill you. got the firearms pollutes the and ammunition afghanistan it's the least the war could have been russia has helped in training law enforcement officers and civic specialists civilian specialists who are afflicted with spirits . of which union russia has granted him with two hundred twenty five quarters for afghan nationals for afghan specialists or be trained in it's very good of the educational institutions this is a small part of what we're doing for afghanistan and just missed iraq page that's where ready to do more for afghanistan especially in terms of restoring the people machine so restoring objects that had been a good go to growing new version up with your move built in afghanistan during the soviet times and that's ridiculous very important for the restoration of the afghan economy where right it's about a society in those projects if fully we agree if you don't see it on the sources of financing of these quickly we have discussed that to

russia start to. destroy this business afghanistan. well those who have military uniform and signed up to fulfill their duty is should not have any fear if they do they should seek another occupation of russian citizens who they may become the target of possible attacks. we have to understand that the current economy of afghanistan is based on a hundred and forty two enterprises. built with the participation of country there is no other legal economy in afghanistan as a matter of fact therefore. the russian government and the president have openly stated that will keep on even economic assistance to afghanistan. russia is going to inspect goods transported through its territory to see if there are any drugs. that the nato convoy could be used for drug trafficking. well you know abuse of power can be found in any organization or service but i don't think seriously as nato countries as the usa or european countries would sanction drug trafficking. we don't think so. it's not in my competence it's up to the government the defense ministry

conversation there is no lack of understanding and afghanistan is ready to continue cooperation does this mean that joint operations by the coalition and russia will be repeated in the future. absolutely speaking to president preventive hamid karzai reaffirmed the work should be continued. so are your services currently present in afghanistan. three of our representatives are stationed there only for a while this number be increasing i do think our presentation in afghanistan should be bigger than who they have been on the radio that you're even going to set up a representative office in afghanistan with a large mission. for this wishes must match all possibilities we would need specialists who speak the local languages and dialects and service officers which means that the issue needs work. it's just that in order to have more operational freedom we need more officers. tell me is it painful when you start talking about the subject from the point of view of combat drugs this evil. that implies that far presence in afghanistan will have to be increased . people start asking you why are we going there again but. you know such speculation does e

son to clear and loud message today russia is not going to take part in the war in afghanistan. you almost almost will see if there are speculations that russia will return to afghanistan and this is a probably cations it's totally out of the question russian troops will never return to afghanistan this is our firm position that will not be changed. look through which to look to surely today's ministerial meeting was stopped partnership and modernization so apart from globally shoes like european security and the war in afghanistan of the two partners discussed a stimulus packages for the economies modernizing the economy is said trade between the two and and the koch ration in an issue which is important and crucial for the economies of both countries. has to get out cho reporting live from moscow. well do check out our website for a lot more stories of blogs and videos online for you right now at our car bomb making for american students now all the government more than credit cards and no jobs around loans no way to pay. mom counter-point in the bathtub am involved in a night

secondly russia can sign agreements with nato france the real to the troops to afghanistan through the russian territory and for ice russia can expand its supports of training of gamble leask or anti-drug sports i think these are the possible areas of the group. the democratic party has narrowly managed to retain a majority in the senate in the u.s. midterm elections but the house of representatives is now in the hands of the republicans with congress now divided between the two parties that we much harder for obama to move forward with his reforms including foreign policy and security agenda u.s. radio host scott horton says obama's goal to rid the world of nuclear arms could now be undermined. democrats in order to get the republicans in the senate to sign on which the democrats still control the senate but by less of a majority now but you need two thirds stratify a treaty and in order to get the republicans to sign on to the start treaty they basically had to add so many amendments and riders to the thing that it basically allows for the creation of brand new generation

afghanistan. and the recent interview you said that the drug pressure on russia from abroad is still growing does this mean that this alarming trend which was there when you assumed office is not overcome. fortunately and this is a fact. the large scale production of drugs in afghanistan continues and besides heroin afghanistan has constantly occupied the first place in hashish production to live in morocco behind. as we see afghanistan is the top producer of two kinds of. these amounts can't even be sold as they exceed market demand according to estimates two thirds of than a quarter manufactured us toward kind of reserved for generations to come. so this problem is very complex. even if some seasons. old enough crop. was the case last summer for instance. those reserves will come of the demand. in other words the drug barons are provided with the raw materials no worse than we are with wheat. the problem is that the number of drug barons grows every year but more and more people are getting involved in drug trafficking transiting and accompany the supply. he should never said that let me quote m

all right just recently made to russia appear together on nine news reports shortly after the successful oprah asian tip. on the border between afghanistan and pakistan and russia too caught in that open ration as a result of that four drug lab or trees were destroyed with the drugs would some to add two hundred fifty million dollars of course questions were raised after words whether russia it was the first sign that russia was coming back to afghanistan and whether one could expect that it would be involved in a full scale military come paid in the war in afghanistan whether it will be sending troops or personnel to that country sergey lavrov made it clear today that russia is not going to sit to participate in the war in afghanistan that e.t.s. go in as it's been over the past several years helping nato with intelligence data data something which contributed seriously to successfully fulfilling the oath ration last week but that it is not going to send its troops to afghanistan here's what he said on the comments coming after as you know russia's participation in that open ration and he called it speculation. it was almost to last wil

another important issue on today's agenda is again a start nato desperately needs russia's help in the war in afghanistan was mrs visit console the heels of a very successful over ration care adult with the help of russia's intelligence agencies who are trying to see for traces were destroyed to between afghanistan and pakistan and trucks blood some two hundred meters to. the russians that she suffers most to draw my thoughts the jews stay in afghanistan most still have against the jews there with ends up in russia and the. the russian foreign minister said on monday the russians in those circumstances go to sunday school just to get a standard such scenes that the state was pleased to take part in the hope gracious like the one they were the last week aimed against the trophy from the ghana stand currently most to russia's educating of intelligence officers and its universities so it has recently provided the brushwood for military supplies to afghanistan so coke ration continues on to day stops the hobson like this has become an eyes great people with the sides that see the world atop the discussions i

trucks were hundreds of millions of dollars were destroyed in the russia hope regime with nato on hand to drop all this in afghanistan is one of the top priorities because after almost about complete use tyrant hands up in russia russia and nato acknowledge of course that there are fundamental disagreements that still divide russia nato ties have been slowly recovering after russia repelled georgia's military invasion in seoul the setting office two thousand and eight russia has been there is sun city or tornadoes moving east woodside it's nice to see it as one of the top grad students national security but it seems that chances are high that the two sides could push it was said bottom similar to that that the united states and russia pushed a while ago the process and the the two sides should not treat each other as cold war anime's anymore but rather like modern day partners the right approach would be true develop a true strategic partnership between nato and russia and focus on the areas where we are faced with the same security challenges areas where we share security concerns show my approach would be the pragm

issues like the war on going war in afghanistan they're looking to russia for help with supply routes in fighting the drug trade and now an organization that famously touted a mission of keeping the russians out and the americans in needs the russians in afghanistan to help americans get out i'm not sure what nato is in the twenty first century and i think it's i was dated and without a major rethinking of its goals policies and missions and alliances looking for a new place in the world may find itself. the answer. fumbling along without one. the russian president dmitri medvedev will also be traveling to lisbon raising hopes that a new impetus can be injected into nato russian relations so what exactly will the two sides be focusing on. well to be focusing on a number of things which nato and russia are hoping they see eye to eye on in terms of global challenges that they both face now although president medvedev is not here yet already nato russian relations are a key subject we've seen u.s. president obama come out with an editorial in the entered international herald tribune call

segment, the russians have been very helpful allowing us to send all kinds of material across russia into afghanistan. it is hard to get the material. the other thing, as you mentioned in the run-up to this segment, the russians have been very helpful allowing us to send all kinds of material across russia into afghanistan. the pakistanis stopped it for a couple of days when they were upset we had gone into their territory. >> this is not only an issue of cooperation between russia and the united states but a direct issue of cooperation between democrats and republicans, even the approval of this ratification from committee was bipartisan. what do the democrats do now, bring it to the floor for vote or what do they do to move this along? >> i think they have got to call the bluff of the republicans who say this is a matter of national security. if you don't vote, you will be undermining our security for all the reasons we talked about. the other is to say, wait a second, you didn't want to vote before the election because you said, let's not do it and pol lit size it and have it in the lame duck now.

to exploit its many areas where russia and nato can actually coppery and mutually benefit from that cooperation specifically trying to establish security and afghanistan the somewhere in a region where nato is heavily involved in a region where russia is that russia is very concerned about and recent joint emissions in that region a specifically a fighting drug trafficking that is something that will decide the hailed as a great success and yet another aspect affront to their cooperation that they could emphasize and that they make an example out of and of course there are looking to intensify their operation is specifically in afghanistan with russia revising transit results for war and nato are abiding by troops nato goods haven't oteri in a way that is essential to the region of things and so a very strong area of cooperation for that the alliance and russia both hope a good novel could be not just one year one of many and that is what we can with a diff is expected to talk about at the versioning nato council here in lisbon in many aspects of attentional cooperation including barack obama's idea to get russia involved both in the european and team

now nato is chief says the alliance would like russia to boost its assistance in afghanistan thanks in on that now do you think that musky should expand its role in the region. well russia has has its own history in afghanistan and i would not say i would not foresee again russian boots on afghan soil but having said that there are many ways in which russia can express its own interest in a successful operation under you and many of you know of nato and nato as partners and russia is doing today already and not let me only mention the transit of of supplies for the allied forces in afghanistan i think more than fifty percent are now going through to russia. now at president obama says that russian native corporation could be damaged if the u.s. congress fails to ratify the nuclear arms reduction treaty. all the grounds for concern . well i think the the american president is absolutely sincere in wanting. the new start treaty ratified and ratified soon and which means that he would like to get to get it done with the present configuration of the u.s. senate because next year there will

russian perspective this is a good down payment for a new relationship between the alliance and russia on afghanistan. and nato has been discussing plans for a joint missile defense system of course a sticky issue between the two the secretary general has been saying russia should take part in the new project do you think a deal could be made anytime soon and how would rush feel about that. well the secretary general is a champion of joint missile defense on russia's russian. corporation with nato on missile defense and he made that statement during his first speech on russia first major speech on any issue does he made in september last year under the auspices of the carnegie endowment basically you need to realize that no amount of the strategic arms reductions or limitations can transform the russian nato russia western russia u.s. relationship one nice to have a strategic collaborative project and it looks like a missile defense is the one thing the silver bullet the project that has the potential at least to transform the entire russian and western relationship it's a game changer or if with fai

afghanistan their recent joint. operation was a success and many experts are now advocating closer teamwork between nato russia and afghanistan but what are going to have the muscle and now to boost the coalition efforts in afghanistan general of the collective security treaty. the forthcoming always seesawing. will feature leaders of the top political and military blocs the un nato and see europe presenting europe and america will join the cia asked. to discuss terrorism international crime and drug trafficking the c.s.t. oh has been pessimistic about cooperation with nature so far but the successful joint anti-drug operation in afghanistan has proved teamwork his possible. also sees the astronaut summit as a perfect chance to blueprint real stamps creating a new pan european security system proposed by president dmitry medvedev. thank you for being with us. about the upcoming summit. well it is a five major international organizations are participating. and you personally like to see as a result of this meeting your main objectives. some well firstly the o.e.c.d. hasn't held a summit for eleven years. and now it's happening

and minister love rolph on the whether russia is coming back to afghanistan the question comes several days off to a successful operation was carried out between russia including russia and nato when they destroyed several. report excel aboard trees on the border between afghanistan and pakistan said it's been pure speculation that judging by just least one successful oh pray shin some say that russia is coming back to afghanistan with its troops it will never be the case he sat in the several time times a repeat of that russia is not going back to afghanistan yet you know what stay with nato for a moment a review of the euro atlantic security arrangements is a top priority for russia what sort of relationship with nato and the e.u. is moscow looking for how can we get some answers to that as to what you've been hearing throughout the day during this visit. ninety security seems to be the central told both in the trilateral talks so the leaders so france germany and russia as well as today's meeting and it's expected that we are coming g twenty summit will also be part of the devoted t

troops to that sergei lavrov the son to a clear and loud message today russia is not going to take part in the war in afghanistan if the will is to last will see if there are speculations that russia will return to afghanistan this is a probably cations it's totally out of the question russian troops will never return to afghanistan this is our firm positions that will not be changed apart from global issues like european security and the war in afghanistan the two partners discussed the stimulus packages for the economy as modernizing the economy is trade between the two and and a change of hope ration in an itchy which is important and crucial for the economies of both countries. all feeding imaginary cows and growing nonexistent fruit are just some of what taxpayers have to foot the bill for to the tune of over a. billion euros a year now the european commission has found that fraudulent payments have doubled last year with most irregularities in funds going to the poorest regions shared herbert from open europe the thing concerned with improving the direction of the e.u. says the union is wasting money by ea

troops but to that sergei lavrov a son to clear and loud message today russia is not going to take part in the war in afghanistan if the ball is to last a little so if there are speculations that russia will return to afghanistan this is a problem it's totally out of the question russian troops will never return to afghanistan this is our firm traditions that will not be changed at all from global issues like european security and the war in afghanistan of the two partners discussed the stimulus packages for the economies modernizing the point to me is trade between the two and an a gene at hope ration in an issue which is important and crucial for the economies of both countries. just take a moment to remind you you can check out our website for a lot more stories blogs and videos here's a taste of what's online right now at our dot com but time bomb is ticking for american students who now owe the government more than credit card drivers and no jobs around most had no way to pay. also moscow joined in with the best of them and welcoming a night of spooks and fun more goblins vampires and witches head over to o

also pledge russia will continue to provide the tools to battle drug flow from afghanistan last month russia and the us destroyed one ton of heroin and a combined anti drug operation in the country despite successes like that many experts still believe the americans are yet to learn that this war cannot be won. my basic view is that the war is completely unwinnable russia may be making friendly noises towards nato now because of that as we know there's a rapprochement between the alliance and russia but in my view it's basically formal in other words these are gestures they're. meant well i don't think russia is playing a double game i'm not trying to say that i'm simply saying that the war cannot be won the soviet union learned that lesson in the one nine hundred eighty s. the british learnt it in the nineteenth century and the americans are in the process of learning it although it seems that they haven't learnt it yet so i don't believe that a military solution could in other words the shipment of arms could pacify afghanistan no. and we'll be discussing the american effort with af

that story still to come first this week russia decided to give more help to nato struggling campaign in afghanistan it agreed to allow the alliance to transport armored vehicles through its territory the transit deal was confirmed by russia's foreign minister during talks with his afghan counterpart in moscow the nato to reduce its reliance on volatile pakistan so you have also pledged russia will continue to provide the tools to battle drug flow from afghanistan last month russia and the us destroyed one ton of heroin and a combined anti drug operation in the country despite successes like that many experts still believe the americans are yet to learn that this war cannot be won. my basic view is that the war is completely unwinnable russia may be making friendly noises towards nato now because of those we know there's a rapprochement between the alliance and russia but in my view it's basically formal in other words these are gestures but they. meant well i don't think russia is playing a double game i'm not trying to say that i'm simply saying that the war cannot be won and the soviet union lear

some two hundred million dollars were destroyed of course questions were raised is russia coming back returning to afghanistan a two decades up to its defeated in that we gen and beyond sir sergei lavrov boys today the official position of russia is not that it's not the case to take part in special operations like the one which happened last week is one thing but to be present in afghanistan with military personnel we troops is quite another and this is not the case with russia. with almost too little people so if there are strict relations that russia will return to afghanistan those visions are probably still it's totally out of the question russian troops will never return to afghanistan this is our firm traditions that will not be treated as they go through the age will work that are stored in. full force some other told me it's like these are three which team were discussed to buy the two today this is just a part of the least of questions on the chance of a discussed on the set of course i assume economic links were also mentioned between the two tell us more about that. all right it seems that now par

it's impossible for them to deal with booming shows like the war i'm going war in afghanistan they're looking to russia for help with supply routes in fighting the drug trade and now an organization that famously touted a mission of keeping the russians out and the americans in needs the russians in afghanistan to help americans get out i'm not sure what nato is in the twenty first century and i think it's outdated and without a major rethinking of its goals policies and missions and alliance looking for a new place in the world may find itself and. the answer. fumbling along without one boring mr arty lisbon portugal well let's stay with the nato summit and talk to thomas clough from the think tank european council on foreign relief thomas after the geo political changes of the last twenty years there's a debate over whether regional military organization like nato should exist at all now how viable is nato today. well another crisis is sort of consubstantial to nato has existed certainly since the fall of the burden of war but in fact there was much question about what nature was all about and how it