In recent years the two countries have made attempts to move beyond the cold-war era and develop a new partnership. DESIGN: ESSA MALIK
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan and Russia agreed on Thursday to promote a ‘comprehensive partnership’ after talks between senior officials from the two countries.
The meeting of the Pakistan-Russia Consultative Group on Strategic Stability was part of the efforts by the two countries to increase cooperation on key regional and international issues.
Pakistan was represented by Additional Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry while Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey A. Ryabkov, led the Russian delegation.
“The talks were held in a cordial and friendly atmosphere,” said a statement issued by the foreign minister.
The statement added that the countries reviewed developments in the area of international arms control, disarmament and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) non-proliferation.
Both sides also discussed issues related to the maintenance of regional and strategic stability as well as relevant areas of cooperation in the bilateral and multilateral domain.
Pakistan and Russia decided to promote a comprehensive partnership.
Islamabad and Moscow remained bitter enemies in the 1980s when Pakistan along with other western countries backed the so-called holy worriors or mujahedin fighting Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
However, in recent years the two countries have made attempts to move beyond the cold-war era and develop a new partnership.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 26th, 2013.
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It is necessary to have cordial relations with every country in the world with whom we have diplomatic relations.
Good news for a change.