Russia does not intend to deploy troops in Afghanistan, said Russian special representative for the country Zamir Kabulov, quoted by TASS.
Later today, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with his Afghan counterpart, Reuters notes, BTA reported.
Zamir Kabulov said that the seventh meeting of the Moscow format for consultations on Afghanistan will not discuss US President Donald Trump's statements that bad things will happen to Afghanistan if it does not hand over the Bagram air base to the United States.