Russian news agencies cite the country's foreign minister as saying that shipment of U.S. military supplies for Afghanistan through Russia is to begin in the near future. The reports of the statement that Sergey Lavrov made on the TV Tsentr television station did not specify whether the supplies would transit Russia by land or air.
Russia announced last week that it would allow U.S. shipments to Afghanistan, and news reports in recent days had suggested there were only some final details to be worked out.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in the Saturday broadcast that "the transit will take place literally within days," according to the Interfax, ITAR-Tass and RIA-Novosti agencies.
