AKIPRESS.COM - Russia is seriously concerned over Islamic State’s plans of the destabilization of the situation in Central Asia and export instability to Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday, Tass reported.

"Of special concern are Islamic State’s and its allies’ plans of the destabilization of Central Asian countries and exporting this instability to Russia," he said at the third ministerial conference of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries (Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan).

Another alarming signal, in his words, is the reinforcement of Jamaat Ansarullah’s and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s units near the Afghan-Tajik and Afghan-Uzbek border. "A serious factor of tension is the activities of international terrorist organizations, such as Islamic State, Al Qaeda, Jamaat Ansarullah, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Eastern Turkestan (all outlawed in Russia0 and others. Additional tensions are created by the activities of Panjshir guerillas from the National Resistance Front," he noted. "Despite the cessation of hostilities in general and a considerable decrease of losses among civilians, the situation in the country (Afghanistan - TASS) cannot be called stable.