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Pakistan and Russia Thursday reaffirmed the commitment to deepen their bilateral partnership through consultative process and regular exchanges. Both sides made this commitment at the 8th meeting of the Pakistan-Russia Consultative Group on Strategic Stability held here on Thursday.
Additional Foreign Secretary Pakistan, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, headed the Pakistan side while Sergey A. Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, led the Russian delegation. The talks were held in a cordial and friendly atmosphere. The two sides reviewed developments in the area of international arms control, disarmament and WMD non-proliferation. Both the sides also discussed issues related to the maintenance of regional and strategic stability as well as relevant areas of cooperation in the bilateral domain and in the multilateral fora. The two sides found the talks useful. They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen this consultation mechanism through regular exchanges, which would contribute towards further promotion of a comprehensive partnership between Pakistan and Russia.
Both sides agreed to convene the next meeting of the Consultative Group in Moscow at mutually convenient dates.
Pakistan, Russia vow to strengthen bilateral ties
