UK Says Russia, China Needed for ‘Moderating Influence’ Over Taliban

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab walks outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London on Aug. 20, 2021. Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Britain would have to turn to Russia and China to exercise a “moderating influence” over the Taliban, despite a mistrust between the UK and those governments, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.

“We’re going to have to bring in countries with a potentially moderating influence like Russia and China, however uncomfortable that is,” Raab told The Sunday Telegraph newspaper.