Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, called on Russian President Vladimir Putin along with other Heads of Government delegations of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Moscow.
President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders and emphasized the importance of strengthening regional economic cooperation under the SCO, highlighting its role as a key platform for connectivity, stability, and mutually beneficial development across the region.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan held a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Both leaders discussed Pakistan–Russia bilateral relations and expressed satisfaction with their positive trajectory, noting the key role of leadership-level engagement and institutional mechanisms in advancing cooperation.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan held a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexei Overchuk, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit. He noted Pakistan’s tremendous potential to serve as a regional hub for transit trade and connectivity.
Mohammad Ishaq Dar underscored the importance of enhanced high-level engagement between the two countries, noting that Pakistan attaches great significance to strengthening and deepening its relations with Russia across all areas of mutual interest, including political, trade, energy, connectivity, agriculture, industry, education, science and technology, information technology, people-to-people contacts, and tourism.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and the Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister also met on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Heads of Government meetings in Moscow. The Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister led the Pakistan delegation to the Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG), held in Moscow from 17–18 November. He delivered Pakistan’s national statement in two sessions of the CHG and engaged with other SCO leaders on the margins of the meeting.
