Russia Allows NATO Vehicles Transit

Russia will let NATO take armored vehicles to Afghanistan through its territory under an expanded transit deal, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

The new deal was sealed at a landmark Russia-NATO summit in Lisbon last Saturday. The deal is expected curtail NATO's dependence on Pakistan as a transit country and boost the flow of Western military supply shipment to the front lines of Afghanistan.

The alliance already uses routes through Russia and neighboring Central Asian republics but the current agreements only allow for the transportation of supplies such as food and fuel.'

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