While I may disagree with the current regime on many accounts, but I am commend them for improving Pakistani relationship with Russia. We can’t antagonise any of the big powers in the region.
Russia now is stronger than what Soviet Union was before cold war.
Putin is playing his cards right and NATO is on defensive. Even with all this oil price manipulations, they couldn’t get Russia to back down.
With Iran and India next door, it makes sense for Pakistan to have good relations with Russia. Specially when we plan to connect to central asian (ex-soviet) states.
MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/. Russian Technologies State Corporation’s representative Andrey Korobov and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif had a meeting on Tuesday, Pakistan’s information department reported.
At the meeting, which took place in London, Pakistan’s prime minister said his government initiated energy projects to overcome the energy crisis.
The information department does not publish details about projects, but a source close to the Russian corporation told TASS the Russian and Pakistani sides already had several meetings, including in London and in Moscow. The Russian-Pakistani intergovernmental commission in early December agreed on implementation of infrastructure projects in Pakistan’s oil and gas sector.
The source said the Russian corporation had signed a preliminary agreement with Pakistan’s state-run Inter State Gas Systems on implementation of several projects in the oil and gas sector.
“Next year already, the Russian company will begin projects on construction of oil and gas infrastructures, which are strategic for Pakistan,” the source added.
Russia is one of the most isolated country right now & with US moving out of Afghanistan it make sense for Russia to reach out to Pakistan. Also, left over jihadis will have go somewhere & Russia wants to make sure they are not coming for them.