MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Assistance to Afghanistan is an unquestionable priority of the Russian foreign policy, foreign ministry's official spokesperson Mikhail Kamynin said Sunday.
Speaking on the eve of September 18 parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, Kamynin said Russia's assistance to Afghanistan was an important part of the fight against terrorism and illicit drug trade.
"We hope that September 18 parliamentary elections will help create truly representative state mechanism in that country and become a watershed event in the post-war political settlement and reconstruction of Afghanistan," the Russian diplomat said.
According to Kamynin, "the new parliament should become an important element driving the Afghan society toward democratic values and establishing Afghanistan as a peaceful, independent and neutral state living in harmony with its neighbors and the world in general."