PESHAWAR- Pakistan and Russia are inching closer with each passing day andthe opening of the consulate General in Peshawar along the border of theAfghanistan where Pakistan and Russia share same policy is a testimony tothat.

Russia has appointed Arsala Khan as an honorary Consul General in KhyberPakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.

The appointment of honorary Consul General in a province on the Afghanborder is signaling closer ties with Pakistan.

The appointment of Arsala Khan as honorary consul general was announced ata ceremony provincial governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra said that it signaled a”new chapter” of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Russia.