Moscow, January 27: Russia will seek exclusive rights to rebuild scores of civil installations in war-ravaged Afghanistan constructed by the former-USSR, if the West funds them, saying development could fight insurgency effectively.
Russia has expressed its willingness to rebuild 142 of Soviet-built installations in Afghanistan at the West’s cost and the issue is likely to be settled at this week’s London conference, according to reports.
Moscow will seek exclusive rights to rebuild those installations in Afghanistan built by the ex-USSR over the period of 1952-1988; Kommersant business daily said quoting Moscow’s Envoy in the NATO headquarters.
Moscow’s NATO envoy suggested that the Western countries, which ‘have a lot of money’, but do not want to send their soldiers to Afghanistan, should fund the reconstruction of the country by Russian companies.
“We consider that civil construction projects are the most effective way to fight insurgents.
–Agencies