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