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The biannual exercise also gives Russia and NATO members an opportunity to engage militarily, he added.
“The exercise will also serve as a diplomatic push for Islamabad,” said Masood, who served in the army from 1951 to 1990. “Pakistan has shown that it has expanded its diplomatic clout to the point where it can bring together the countries that otherwise are hostile to each other.”
Munawar Hussain Panhwar, an assistant professor at the Quaid-I-Azam International University in Islamabad, said the rare military contact between Russia and the US is in accordance with US President Joe Biden’s policy of “engagement .
The drill, he added, would also give a push to Islamabad’s efforts to boost defence and military ties with Russia – a longtime Indian ally.