
Special Representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said that the initiative to attract labor migrants from Afghanistan to Russia has no prospects, noting the complexity of the issue and the need to address it to migration and law enforcement agencies.
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Russia is considering possible sources of labor in conditions of labor shortages, including countries with unstable situations such as Afghanistan.
Currently, the initiative to attract labor migrants from Afghanistan to Russia has no prospects. This is how the special representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, assessed the likelihood of an influx of guests from this country in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.
“There have been consultations, but this is a very complex issue,” the diplomat emphasized.
Kabulov added that the issue of attracting Afghans to the country as labor migrants should be addressed to migration and law enforcement agencies, since this is more within their competence.

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