United States would supply military goods to Afghanistan through Russia.

Russia and the United States are working on a joint agreement on the transit of U.S. military goods to Afghanistan through Russian territory. This "Kommersant" reported sources close to NATO as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. According to the newspapers of the agreement was discussed at the meeting of the Russia - NATO, which took place on 27 June on the island Korfu.Rech comes as a ground or air transit, sources told Kommersant, close to the NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer . If agreement is reached, then through Russia to Afghanistan, a day will fly approximately 12 military transport aircraft the United States. According to the document could be signed during the first visit of Barack Obama to Moscow, scheduled to start iyulya.Rossiya ready not only to pass the military cargo to Afghanistan, but also to ensure their safety, told the Kommersant source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In particular, the RZD has already applied fo!
r a U.S. grant to expand a narrow transition to the Uzbek-Afghan border near Termez. The source called the transit profitable: for example, transportation of one container is worth more than three thousand euro, as planned, that the way to Russia only by land will have to accept hundreds of containers in the North Atlantic Alliance and mesyats.RF cease cooperation since August 2008 when the war in South Ossetia. Meetings of the Russia - NATO were resumed only at the end of April 2009. However, an agreement on transit of non-military goods to Afghanistan for NATO forces based there had been achieved earlier, and the first batch has passed through the territory of the Russian Federation in early March. 27 June, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer announced that NATO and Russia agreed to resume military sotrudnichestva.28 June, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said that Russia already has an agreement on military transit to Afghanistan with Germany, France and Spain, and the countr!
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an application from Italy, Grushko said. His words led by Interfax. "In early 2009, Kyrgyzstan has agreed to close the base" Manas ", which the NATO forces have used for transit to Afghanistan. Then the decision of Bishkek was linked to the credit of two billion dollars, which has provided Russia. However, in the 20's June numbers have become aware that the military base will be closed and converted into a "transit center". In doing so, according to some sources, through Kyrgyzstan in Afghanistan will be supplied as non-military, and military goods.