Putin meets with Pakistani premier in Samarkand, offers pipeline gas supplies
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that gas deliveries to Pakistan are possible through Central Asian infrastructure – Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
He met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
During the meeting, Putin referred to Pakistan as one of Russia’s priority partners in Southeast Asia and Asia as a whole.
Offering condolences for the loss of precious lives in the floods, Putin expressed his country’s willingness to assist affected people in Pakistan, saying Russia has already sent humanitarian aid.
The president stated that relations with Islamabad are improving and that a meeting of the Russian-Pakistani Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) will be held this fall to discuss ways to not only restore but also increase trade turnover.
For his part, Sharif thanked Putin for sympathy and humanitarian aid, saying that 33 million people have been affected by floods in Pakistan, which also claimed the lives of over 1,400 people, many of whom were children.
He expressed satisfaction with the steady expansion of Pakistan-Russia relations, which he described as based on strong mutual trust and understanding.
It was agreed to hold the next IGC meeting in Islamabad at an early date.
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