(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Shabalin cautioned that the process for laying the basis for a long-term defence cooperation could be a protracted one
a russian diplomat has said that prospects of defence cooperation between pakistan and his country were bright.
speaking at a discussion titled ‘pakistan-russia bilateral relations’ the political counsellor of the russian embassy in islamabad andrey shabalin said the two countries were working on how to kickstart their defence cooperation.
shabalin cautioned that the process for laying the basis for a long-term defence cooperation could be a protracted one. “the good thing is that we have at least begun working on that” he said.
besides defence cooperation the russian official listed various projects in which moscow could be interested.
these included the conversion of the muzaffargarh thermal power station to coal and rehabilitation and expansion of pakistan steel mills.
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