THE DECREE ON AFGHANISTAN OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF RUSSIA
IS NOT AT ALL IN CONNECTION WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF CULTURAL MONUMENTS
BY THE TALIBAN








MOSCOW, March 11.  / Corr.  RIA " Novosti " /. the Presidential decree
of the Federation of Russia Vladimir Poutine " To measures has to take
in achievement of resolution 1333 of the Security Council of UNO on
December 19 2000 " is not at all binds has the destruction of
handle-Islamic cultural monuments on the territory of Afghanistan
control by the taliban.

It is what A in particular declares Sunday the vice-minister for the
Businesses etrangeres of the Federation of Russia Serguei
Ordjonikidze.

According to the vice-minister, says it document has ete adopts has
the opposition to the taliban which still do not want negocier for
regler the political situation has the same interior of Afghanistan,
as has the opposition to all these countries which grant a direct or
indirect help or a support to the movement " Taliban ".

Conformement with the resolution about sanctions of the United
Nations, all the Member States of UNO are oblige to respect them, by
in particular adapting their national legislations to the provisions
of the known as documents.  Also, Russia has it ete well obligee and
this, has the instar other Member States of the United Nations, to
adopt legislatives measures interieures which correspond has the
resolution in question.  " What has ete precisely made by the
President of the Federation of Russia the 10 last March by the
signature of a decree adapts ", A announces the chief-assistant of the
Russian diplomacy.  In other words, has precise the diplomat, it is a
procedure of standard sanction which is implemented by all the Member
States by the intermediaire their decrees and instructions internal ".


Ordjonikidze held has to point out that " Russia did not maintain
aucunes relations with the taliban, that there was not, on the
territory Russia, of representations of the movement " Taliban ",
whereas the airline " Arian " did not function for a long time any
more ".