Russia's foreign minister says Moscow will begin allowing U.S. military supplies for Afghanistan to cross its territory, reported AP.
Sergey Lavrov says the U.S. administration approached the Kremlin several days ago asking for permission.
He said in remarks broadcast by Vesti 24 television Friday that Russia has agreed. He said Moscow is now waiting for the U.S. to provide specific details of the shipments and will issue relevant permissions after getting them.
Kyrgyzstan this week decided to close a key U.S. base that supports operations in Afghanistan. It denied it acted after receiving $2 billion in Russian loans.
There are also concerns about the safety of overland supply routes from Pakistan.