DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA OVER AFGHANISTAN IS NOT CONNECTED
WITH DESTRUCTION OF CULTURAL MONUMENTS BY THE TALIBAN








MOSCOW, 11 March.  / RIA "Nowosti" Korr. /.  The decree of the
president of Russia Vladimir Putin " over measures for the fulfilment
of the resolution of the security council No. 1333 from 19 December
2000 " is not connected with the destruction of praeislamischer
cultural monuments, which are on the territory controlled by the
Taliban movement.

That indicated on Sunday the deputy minister of foreign affairs of
Russia Sergej Ordshonikidse.

After its words this document was assumed regarding the Taliban, which
are not determined to lead peaceful negotiations and to regulate the
internal-political position in Afghanistan, as well as all those
countries, which render assistance directly or indirectly to the
Taliban movement and support them.

In accordance with the UN Sanktionsresolutionen all participating
states of the United Nations are obligated to fulfill these
resolutions by the Ineinklangbringen of the inland legislation with
regulations of these documents.  Therefore Russia was obligated like
also different states to take inland legislation measures which would
correspond to the regulations of this resolution accurately.  This had
been done by the president of Russia on 10 March by the signing of the
appropriate decree, stressed the deputy minister of foreign affairs.
Differently said, described it, is that a normal standard sanction
procedure, which is put by all states over their internal decree and
arrangements into practice.

Ordshonikidse underlined that the Russian page with the Taliban
maintains no relations, gives it on the territory of Russia no
agencies of the Taliban movement and the Afghan airline " Arian " does
not function already for a long time.