A US-Russia Deal on Afghanistan?
The recent Geneva summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden may have yielded at least one positive result. Biden may well find a way to accept Putin’s reported offer to permit the US to use Russian military bases in Central Asia in order to continue ensuring security in Afghanistan.
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BISHKEK – During their June 16 Geneva summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly offered US President Joe Biden the use of Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in order to coordinate actions vis-à-vis Afghanistan. The Kremlin’s motives, of course, are not altruistic. Russia wants to prevent the United States from building its own bases in the region. But Putin’s offer is tempting, and Biden may well find a way to accept it.