Putin, Pak Prime Minister Express Desire To Strengthen Cooperation: Report

Sunday, 24 April 2022Newsdesk

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have quietly exchanged letters expressing desire to strengthen cooperation between the two countries, a media report said on Sunday.

New Delhi, 24 April 2022

As per news report of NDTV, The letters were exchanged after the election of Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister early this month but both the sides kept development away from the media glare in what seemed to be a move aimed at avoiding any public attention, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. Citing a senior Foreign Office official, the paper said that Putin wrote to Sharif, congratulating him on his election. He also expressed desire to deepen cooperation between the two countries. In his reply, Shehbaz expressed similar sentiments on bilateral ties between the two countries as well as cooperation on Afghanistan, it stated.

Source -NDTV