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The deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for New Challenges and Threats (DNCT), Alexey Lyzhenkov, slammed Western countries for having a hypocritical stance on fighting international terrorism in his speech at the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO RATS).
Editor's note: The writer is Director of Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies, Pakistan. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of China Economic Net. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is celebrating its 20 years this year. Since its establishment, this important multilateral forum has made significant contributions to the common security and development pursuit of the region. At the time of inception, SCO was meant to address “the three evils”, i.e., extremism, separatism, and terrorism in the region. Since then, it has been prioritising...
Pakistan and Russia: Increasing cooperation? © Provided by The Financial Express Pakistan and formerly USSR have shared lukewarm defence ties except for a brief period between 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak conflicts By Brig Kuldip Singh (Retd) Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, after visiting India, proceeded to Pakistan where he met(April 07) Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. This was the first visit by a Russian foreign minister since 2012. According to Qureshi, both sides discussed (i) the situation in Afghanistan; (ii) enhancing cooperation within the framework of the Shanghai Coop...
New era of Pakistan-Uzbekistan cooperation April 14, 2021 It is gratifying to note that virtual summit at the highest level between Uzbekistan and Pakistan held on April 14 was successfully held and taking this opportunity, I would like to congratulate both brotherly nations on such high achievement. The agenda between Uzbekistan and Pakistan contained many topical issues on the further expansion of trade-economic, investment, transport and logistics partnerships based on the principles of mutual respect, benefit and equality. The leaders of the two countries agreed on joint actions for coope...