MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. Russia and Afghanistan will increase the number of direct flights between the two countries, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Russia, Gul Hassan, announced this in an interview with TASS.

"Ariana Afghan Airlines has been operating one direct flight per week between Afghanistan and Russia for the past four years. Work is also underway to launch direct flights between Kabul and Moscow with Kam Air in the near future," the diplomat said in his first interview as head of the diplomatic mission in Moscow.

The ambassador added that, simultaneously, "efforts are being made to increase mutual travel between citizens of the two countries, which will ultimately lead to an increase in the number of flights."