May 28, 2021
MOSCOW: A progress has been made on Pakistan, Russia North-South Gas Pipeline project following the comprehensive strategy of the federal government as an amended inter-governmental agreement (IGA) was signed between both countries in Moscow, ARY News reported on Friday.
The progress was made as a result of successful negotiation between the Ministry of Energy – Petroleum Division and the Russian Ministry of Energy after they agree to update the protocol.
Pakistan’s Ambassador to Russian Federation Shafqat Ali Khan signed the protocol to the inter-governmental agreement (IGA) today along with Russian Minister for Energy Nikolai Shulginov in Moscow today.
According to a press statement, the inter-governmental agreement (IGA) has been updated as a protocol to reflect the utilisation of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) and continued partnership with Russia to build the project.
ISLAMABAD: In a major development, Pakistan and Russia are set to formally sign tomorrow in Moscow the amended Inter-Governmental Agreement for the flagship project of North-South Gas Pipeline ..
Pakistan-Russia relations: A new beginning
April 19, 2021
After a 19-hour visit to New Delhi for meetings with high officials,The Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. Sergey Lavrov was in Islamabad for a two-day official visit, the first high-level visit from Moscow since 2015. The visit was dubbed a “new chapter” in Pak-Russia relations that reflects Russia’s inclination towards Pakistan, especially after the recent Afghan Peace meeting hosted by Moscow to neutralise India’s growing tilt towards the US in various counter-China and counter-Russia initiatives.
The Russian Foreign Minister was received from airport by his counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Afterconducting delegation-level talks with the Foreign Minister of Pakistan,he metPrime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa. During these meetings,issues relating economy, strategicand military cooperation as well as regional dossiers were discussed. Sergey Lavrov was acco
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will reach Pakistan on Tuesday on a two-day visit to hold important talks with the country s top leadership and the Army chief on bilateral ties as well as on the situation in Afghanistan.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Lavrov s visit will be the first by any Russian Foreign Minister in nine years and that he would personally go to the airport to receive him. Lavrov visited Islamabad in 2012. There is no second opinion that Russia is an important country of this region his visit to Pakistan shows that our bilateral relations are taking a new turn, Qureshi said in a video statement.
The two countries want to take forward the North South Gas pipeline project.
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ISLAMABAD: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will reach Pakistan on Tuesday on a two-day visit to hold important talks with the country s top leadership and the Army chief on bilateral ties as well as on the situation in Afghanistan.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Lavrov s visit will be the first by any Russian Foreign Minister in nine years and that he would personally go to the airport to receive him.
Lavrov visited Islamabad in 2012. There is no second opinion that Russia is an important country of this region his visit to Pakistan shows that our bilateral relations are taking a new turn, Qureshi said in a video statement.