Russian relations with Pakistan are at their highest point and are currently going through what may be the most favorable phase, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
He reaffirmed that after many years of collaboration, relations between Moscow and Islamabad have reached their most favorable stage while addressing at a press conference on the outcomes of Russian diplomacy in 2024.
Ishtiaq Hamdani, a Pakistani journalist working in Moscow, questioned the Russian Foreign Minister during this news conference about his thoughts on relations between Pakistan and Russia.
Russia-Pakistan ties are currently at their best, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reaffirmed.
He recalled the visit to Pakistan by Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matvienko in late October 2024.
The senators’ recommendations to improve collaboration between Moscow and Islamabad, he claimed, were presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin together with the outcomes of his visit to the republic.
When Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, the speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly, traveled to Russia in late November, he stated that Pakistan has never had as close communication with the Russian Federation as it does with any other nation.
Sergei Lavrov responded to another query from Ishtiaq Hamdani about the Shanghai Cooperation Organization by saying that the countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) could join together to create a single center in 2025 to fight new threats like organized crime, drug trafficking, terrorism, and human trafficking.
“There is an anti-terrorism framework within the SCO. It’s effective. We have long advocated for the establishment of a single center because of the strong connection between drug trafficking and other organized crime and the funding of terrorism. According to Lavrov, it appears that we will be able to begin putting this decision into practice this year in order to fight against emerging dangers like organized crime, drug trafficking, terrorism, and human trafficking.
