Shoigu: Russia nourishes the hope of cooperating with Pakistan in fight against crime

Russia hopes to cooperate with Pakistan in the fight against crime and drug trafficking from Afghanistan, said Wednesday the head of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation General of the army Sergei Shoigu.

"Look forward to cooperation in the battle against crime and growing drug trafficking from Afghanistan," said Shoigu, opening dialogues with the head of the Ministry of defence of Pakistan Javajam Muhammad Asif, who arrived in the Russian Federation for the IV Moscow conference on international security.

The Russian Minister expressed gratitude to his Pakistani counterpart that " for the second time takes part in the Moscow conference on international security ". He highly evaluated the prospects of cooperation between Russia and Pakistan by the military departments.

"An important outcome of this work resulted in the signing in November 2014 in Islamabad Russia-Pakistan agreement on military cooperation ", - said Shoigu. He was confident that " the implementation of the document will give an additional impetus to all aspects of reciprocal activities ".

for his part, the head of the defense Ministry of Pakistan Khawaja Muhammad Asif has expressed hope that the upcoming dialogues " will make a great contribution to the development of our relationship." Pakistan attaches great importance to these mutual relations. Your historic visit to Pakistan has helped us establish a framework for cooperation ", - said the Minister.

He called "a breakthrough" agreement, signed in the process of the recent visit of Minister of Pakistan." I'm sure He is transformed into the future in a very strong relationship, " said the Pakistani Minister.

The fourth Moscow conference on international security will take place on 16-17 April in Moscow at the hotel " Ukraine ". The main theme of the conference will be " global security: challenges and prospects ".


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