Pakistan and Russia will hold high-level talks in Moscow this week on a negotiated political settlement in Afghanistan.
According to Russian Foreign Ministry, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif will pay a working visit to Moscow at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on February 20. “The ministers will discuss the current state of affairs and prospects for strengthening of bilateral relations … and exchange views on important issues of the international and regional importance,” Russian Foreign Ministry senior official Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Feb 15.
According to Pakistani media, Khawaja Asif and Sergey Lavrov are likely to focus on Pakistan and Russia’s role to press for political negotiations to end the Afghan conflict as both are concerned at the continuation of the war that is now a destabilising factor in the region.
Pakistan and Russian foreign ministers will meet ahead of the meeting of the Kabul Process in Kabul on Feb 28.
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