Mushahid urges strategic Pakistan-Russia ties

The first-ever Russia-Pakistan Eurasian Forum 2025, organised by academic and research institutions from Pakistan and Russia, with support of both governments, convened in the Russian capital. The Forum focused on strengthening Russia-Pakistan relations, with special attention to non-traditional security challenges, people-to-people connectivity and regional cooperation in Eurasia.

In his keynote speech at the forum, former Senator Mushahid Hussain, who discussed how cooperation in non-traditional security areas can contribute to economic stability, mutual trust and people-to-people partnerships, highlighting new avenues for collaboration in a changing global environment. He said the global shift of power from West to East was evident and even President Trump's National Security Strategy has recognised this new reality, adding that Eurasia is the centre of gravity of the rising Global South.

He added that Eurasian multilateralism would drive this multipolar world, with Pakistan, Russia, Iran, Turkey and the Central Asian Republics taking the lead. In this regard, he announced the establishment of the Eurasian Connectivity Forum as the institutional foundation of Eurasian Multilateralism.