Islamabad, Pakistan: Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Dedov called on Chairman PTI Imran Khan and felicitated him over his party’s win in general elections 2018, says a press statement issued by PTI media cell.
According to the statement, Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Dedov called on Chairman PTI today here at Chairman’s Secretariat Banigala. Senior PTI leaders including Dr. Shehzad Waseem, Ali Zaidi, Pervaiz Khattak, Faisal Javed and Zulfi Bukhari were also present in the meeting. Issues of mutual interest including Pak-Russia relations, bilateral trade, economic cooperation, human rights, terrorism and stability in Afghanistan came under discussion.
Mr. Alexey Dedov lauded Pak-Russian cooperation in military joint exercises and thanked aviators of Pakistan Army for successful rescue operation of Russian mountain climber under severe weather conditions.
Ambassador of Russia to Pakistan Alexey Yurievich Dedov called on PM designate @ImranKhanPTI at Banigala, Islamabad today.
Russian Ambassador Congratulated Imran Khan on the victory in General Elections and discussed matters of bilateral interest#PrimeMinisterImranKhan pic.twitter.com/pc3FhvXnoO
— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 9, 2018
The Ambassador stated that Moscow wants to further improve bilateral relations with Islamabad and seeks engagement in economic cooperation, human rights, chemical weapons, terrorism and peace and stability in Afghanistan. Stressing on the need to further cement bilateral ties, Mr. Alexey Dedov urged to have direct transaction communication between banks of both countries without involvement of a third country.
Chairman PTI Imran Khan thanked Russian Ambassador and said that Pakistan would like to improve relations with Russia. Imran Khan said that he wanted Russian drilling oil and gas companies to come to Pakistan.
Speaking about the importance of stability in Afghanistan, Chairman PTI stated that America has realized that military solution to the looming crisis of Afghanistan is not going to work; hence, there is desire for dialogue. “Now, peace has a chance and Pakistan is ready to help”, Chairman PTI said.
