MOSCOW: Pakistan has asked Russia to lead the process of stabilisation of the situation in Afghanistan.
This was suggested by Defence Minister Kh Asif during a meeting with his Russian counterpart in Moscow.
Kh Asif is in Russian to attend VI Moscow Conference on International Security, where he met Minister of Defence Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu on the sidelines of the moot.
Active bilateral cooperation between Russia and Pakistan contributes to the strengthening cooperation between General Staffs, the Russian minister said, according to a statement released by the Russian Defence Ministry.
The security situation in Afghanistan was also discussed during the meeting.
“The world is not getting calmer and stable, and in these conditions, we are again and again saying that fighting international terrorism requires the consolidation of all interested forces,” said the head of the Russian military department.
On this, Kh Asif said that Russia should lead the process of stabilisation of the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan would support all initiatives to bring peace in the country.