Which country’s minister has remarked about the alleged movement of Daesh militants from Pakistan to Tajikistan and later their foreign minister has accepted that it was just “Slip of tongue”?

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Russia. Russia is correct because its minister made the remark and later accepted it as a slip of the tongue. Saudi Arabia is incorrect because there is no record linking its minister to this specific statement regarding Daesh militants. Afghanistan is incorrect because there is no information suggesting its minister made this particular comment. The USA is incorrect because there is no report connecting its foreign minister to accepting such a remark.