Times of Islamabad

Russia praises Pakistan as important regional player

Russia praises Pakistan as important regional player

MOSCOW – Pakistan and Russia have agreed to continue efforts for supportingreconciliation under an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process.

The agreement was reached during a meeting between Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow onWednesday.

They discussed on various bilateral and regional issues including recentdevelopments concerning Afghan peace process.

Acknowledging Pakistan’s efforts in the Afghan settlement, Russian ForeignMinister offered Russia’s support to bring stability in the region.

Foreign Minister Qureshi said Pakistan greatly values its relations withthe Russian Federation and expressed Pakistan’s desire to forge along-term, multidimensional partnership and friendship with Russia.