MOSCOW, November 24. /TASS/. Moscow will not artificially hamper the process of removing the terrorist organization’s status from the Taliban Movement [banned in Russia], Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told TASS in an interview.

"The expected completion of legal procedures of removing the terrorist organization’s status from the Taliban Movement will attribute a positive impetus to Russian-Afghan interaction in various spheres, in the economy in the first instance," the Russian diplomat said. "As regards the issue of the official recognition of current Afghan authorities, it is early to talk about it thus far. Let’s act gradually, step by step, but we do not intend to artificially impede the processes," Rudenko noted.

"Russia is taking steps of establishing practical interaction with authorities of Afghanistan on issues of mutual interest," the Russian diplomat added.