Russia Sees Basis for Possible Renewal of Helicopter Project With US - Kabulov

The possibility of renewing a helicopter project between Russia, NATO and the US on Afghanistan is high.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia sees the prospects for possibly renewing a helicopter project and other forms of cooperation with NATO and the United States on Afghanistan, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s director of the Second Asian Department said.

The US has partially lifted sanctions against cooperation with Afghanistan on helicopter maintenance and supply part deliveries with Russia’s Rosoboronexport state defense exporter, Zamir Kabulov said in September.

"Common sense favors this. And not only the Americans, but also other NATO member should review it," Kabulov told RIA Novosti in an interview published Monday, when asked whether US President-elect Trump's administration would need to renew cooperation with Russia including on the helicopter project.

Kabulov stressed that, in addition to donor conferences, terrorism-related issues in Afghanistan should be addressed politically, economically, militarily as well as technically.