{"id":244654,"date":"2022-02-16T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T04:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=244654"},"modified":"2022-02-16T09:28:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T04:28:18","slug":"ties-with-russia-improving-gradually-qureshi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ties-with-russia-improving-gradually-qureshi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ties with Russia improving gradually: Qureshi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nForeign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to Russia will give impetus to bilateral relations in diverse sectors.<br \/>\nIn a statement on Tuesday, the foreign minister stated that during the visit, the premier will hold talks with the Russian leadership on bilateral cooperation, including the North-South Gas Pipeline project. \u201cWe are pursuing economic priorities\u201d, Qureshi said.<br \/>\nHe stated that Russia has influence over the Central Asian states and Pakistan is looking forward to expanding ties with those countries.<br \/>\nAccording to Qureshi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Pakistan and had an \u201cexcellent\u201d meeting with him at the Foreign Office, and Qureshi had also visited Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart. The country\u2019s top diplomat maintained that Pakistan\u2019s relations with Russia are gradually improving. Conversely, FM Qureshi highlighted that Pakistan had good relations with the United States.<br \/>\nCommenting on the upcoming meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation\u2019s Foreign Ministers in Islamabad, he said that foreign delegates will visit Pakistan on March 22 to attend the meeting and would also attend the National Day parade on March 23.<br \/>\nAbout the ongoing Afghan situation, FM Qureshi said that the entire world acknowledged that Pakistan assisted in the evacuation of more than 90,000 people from the war-torn country. \u201cRussia is playing an important role in the peace and stability of Afghanistan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to Russia will give impetus to bilateral relations in diverse sectors. 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