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IANS | 10 Aug, 2018
Pakistan has said that its defence relations with Russia have made progress. The
remarks by Pakistani Foreign Ministry's spokesman Mohammad Faisal came
on Thursday, two days after Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel
General Alexander V. Fomin visited Pakistan and held talks with Pakistan
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and other military officials,
Xinhua reported. "Our defence relations have grown steadily
over the years and both countries have established regular
military-to-military contacts," the Foreign Ministry spokesman said at
his weekly press briefing. The two countries have held two
editions of the joint military exercise named "DRUZBA" (Friendship) in
Pakistan in 2016 and in Russia in 2017. Both countries also held
counter-narcotics naval exercise called "Arabian Monsoon" in the Arabian
Sea in 2014 and 2015. Faisal said the two countries have been
able to construct a positive trajectory in sustaining high-level
interactions and exploring new avenues to cement bilateral relations in
all spheres including the defence sector. "Pakistan and Russia
have been successful in developing a strong partnership, which is based
on mutual trust, commonality of interests and convergence of views on
important global and regional issues," he said. On Tuesday,
Pakistan and Russia signed an agreement that allows for training of
Pakistani troops at Russian military training institutes. "Both
countries signed the Contract on Admission of Service Members of
Pakistan in RF's (Russian Federation) Training InstiĀtutes," the defence
ministry said in a statement. The military said on Tuesday
that the Russian Deputy Minister had expressed his appreciation for
Pakistan Army's achievements against terrorism and expressed requirement
of greater cooperative and collaborative approach among global
community to defeat extremism.
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