MOSCOW: The Defence minister Khawaja Asif, on Thursday, said that Russia should lead the process of stabilisation of the situation in Afghanistan.

In a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, during the VI Moscow Conference on International Security, Asif said that Pakistan would support all initiatives to bring peace in Afghanistan.

Shoigu expressed his condolences to the Defense minister in connection with terrorist attacks in the cities Parachinar and Lahore, which took dozens of lives, including servicemen.

“The world is not getting calmer and stable, and in these conditions, we are again and again saying that fighting international terrorism requires the consolidation of all interested forces,” said the head of the Russian military department.