RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that Pakistan doesn’t have any hostile design towards any country and it will keep on working towards a cooperative regional framework based on sovereign equality and mutual progress through connectivity.
A statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday quoted General Bajwa as saying that “Pakistan welcomes any initiative which can bring peace and stability in Afghanistan and the whole region will benefit from it.”
The COAS, on the second day of his visit in Russia, met Chief of General Staff Russian Armed Forces General Valery Vasilevich Gerasimov at the defence ministry in Moscow.
Matters relating to regional security, stability and bilateral security cooperation were discussed, the military’s media wing added.
The COAS said that “Pakistan wants to get out of the zero sum dynamics of Cold War era that is still prevalent in South Asia.”
General Gerasimov appreciated Pakistan’s achievements in the war against terror and said that Russia supports Pakistan’s efforts towards reconciliation and peace in Afghanistan and is willing to play a role towards that end.
