Russian Foreign Minister : US trying to establish military bases in countries neighbouring Afghanistan .

Russia has once again alleged that the United States is trying to establish military bases in a Central Asian country neighbouring Afghanistan. According to TOLO news, Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has revealed that President Vladimir Putin has opposed this and told US President Joe Biden at the Geneva Summit that his country is against the US attempts to form agreements with Central Asian countries to deploy the US military on their territory.

“Well aware of the Americans’ intrusiveness, I do not rule out that they will be pressing for the same aim from different sides. I’ve heard that they have been trying to persuade India to grant the Pentagon some opportunities on the Indian territory,” the Russian news broadcaster quoted Lavrov as saying.

The US has reportedly sent proposals to Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. However, the countries have rejected those proposals, TOLO News informed.

In July, United States President Joe Biden had said that the US is focusing on terror threats emerging out of other regions apart from Afghanistan. Taking to Twitter, Biden had revealed that the US had begun to reposition its resources to counter-terrorism in South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

However, he categorically stated that the US has the capabilities to protect the country from any terrorist challenges stemming from Afghanistan. Biden's statement had come ahead of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan earlier in August.