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Source: DNA
Date of
Edition: 23/4/09
MOSCOW -
Force should be used carefully and proportionately when solving the Afghan
issue, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday.
When preparing the international strategy on Afghanistan, "the fact that
it is impossible to resolve this problem solely by force should be taken
into account," the Interfax news agency quoted Lavrov as telling the local
media.
Lavrov urged the Western troops operating in Afghanistan to minimize
civilian casualties because casualties among the civilian population "as a
result of inappropriate or wrong actions by the coalition in Afghanistan
are huge."
Russia has raised this issue in the UN Security Council, he added.
The settlement of the situation in Afghanistan will largely depend on how
the upcoming presidential, regional and parliamentary elections will go,
said the top diplomat.
"We believe it is extremely important that these processes be prepared and
organized in such a way as no ethnic or political group in Afghanistan
feels restricted and (everyone) has the right to be represented," he said.
There is a need to find "a balance of interests between the central
administration and the authorities in the provinces, taking into account
the multi-ethnic composition of Afghan society," he said. (Xinhua)
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