Moscow has been searching for ways to preserve the use of Russian helicopters by the Afghan security forces, Russian Presidential Aide for Military Cooperation Vladimir Kozhin told the Rossiya 24 TV channel. This reported  by TASS.

"I think we will find a way to ensure that our helicopters are used in Afghanistan to protect the country’s legitimate government," he said.

Kozhin pointed out that the United States currently supplied helicopters to Afghanistan. "All the methods and ways of anti-diplomatic pressure were employed to force Afghanistan into making this decision," he stressed.

Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Alexander Matnytsky said earlier that although western countries had launched a rearmament program for the Afghan security forces, Kabul was still interested in Russian-made helicopters.