Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria on Thursday said that Pakistan’s relations with Russia are on a positive trajectory and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be warmly welcomed in Pakistan once he takes a decision in this regard.“Pakistan also welcomes the mediation offered by him to resolve Paki-India tension,” the spokesman said during his weekly news briefing in Islamabad.
He described grant of permanent membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to Pakistan as “a milestone and significant achievement in the foreign policy.”
Regarding the sideline meeting of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the SCO summit, the spokesperson said, “An immense potential exists in the field of education, culture, trade, and defense for further boosting the bilateral relations between the two countries.”
To a question, Zakaria said, “Growing activities of terrorist organizations are a matter of concerns not only for Pakistan, but for the entire world. The world should join hands to cope with this challenge.”He said, “Indian agencies in collaboration of terrorist organizations like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Abhinav Bharat have staged terrorist attacks and blamed them on others to use as an excuse to justify use of brute force against innocent people in occupied Kashmir.”