Nawaz Sharif was the first Pakistani leader to visit Moscow after the breakup of the Soviet Union in March 1998.
ISLAMABAD: This is with reference to a report in your newspaper of May 13 on the visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to Russia. It said, incorrectly, that the visit was the first by a Pakistani leader since the demise of the Soviet Union. As a matter of fact, Nawaz Sharif was the first Pakistani leader to visit Moscow after the breakup of the Soviet Union. This was in March 1998.
Ambassador (retd.) Rashed Saleem Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, May 15th, 2011.
