Cordial ties: Pakistan, Russia for regional stability
President Mamnoon Hussain says Pakistan and Russia are important players in the region.
ISLAMABAD:
President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday said Pakistan and Russia are important players in the region and stressed the need for the two countries to further consolidate their relations and enhance mutual cooperation for peace, prosperity and stability of the region. The president expressed these views while talking to Zaheer A Janjua, Pakistan’s ambassador-designate to Russia, who called on him here at the Presidency. While felicitating the ambassador-designate on his new responsibilities, the president said that Pakistan values its relations with Russia and urged the newly appointed ambassador to focus on further cementing Pakistan’s bilateral relations with Russia. He also urged the ambassador-designate to especially focus on enhancing trade ties of the country with the host country, as the current volume of bilateral trade does not commensurate with the trade potential existing between the two countries.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 23rd, 2014.
President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday said Pakistan and Russia are important players in the region and stressed the need for the two countries to further consolidate their relations and enhance mutual cooperation for peace, prosperity and stability of the region. The president expressed these views while talking to Zaheer A Janjua, Pakistan’s ambassador-designate to Russia, who called on him here at the Presidency. While felicitating the ambassador-designate on his new responsibilities, the president said that Pakistan values its relations with Russia and urged the newly appointed ambassador to focus on further cementing Pakistan’s bilateral relations with Russia. He also urged the ambassador-designate to especially focus on enhancing trade ties of the country with the host country, as the current volume of bilateral trade does not commensurate with the trade potential existing between the two countries.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 23rd, 2014.