Pak.
Russia A new era of economic and defense relations:
Pak. Russia A new era of economic and defense relations:
During
the Afghan war, the chapter on relations between the Soviet Union and
Pakistan was almost over, but after the disintegration of the Soviet Union,
Russia once again consolidated its power and stood before the world. The two
countries began to come closer to each other as Russia pursued a balanced
policy in its relations with Pakistan. Cooperation in the fields of defense,
trade, investment, science, technology, agriculture, education and culture
paved the way for cooperation between the two countries, especially after the
defeat of the United States in Afghanistan at a crucial stage in the
withdrawal of troops. Russia, China and Pakistan have played a key role in
improving the atmosphere. The period from 1965 to 1970 was crucial to end the
bitterness between the two countries, when in 1965 Pakistan and the SovietUnion signed an agreement on culture for the first time. Signed. The Soviet
Union then inaugurated the Steel Mill Project in Pakistan, which was no less
than a milestone between the two countries, but the overall relationship
remained tense. The North-South Gas Pipeline Project Agreement was signed in
2015. According to the agreement, 1100 km gas line was to be laid from Karachi
to Lahore. This became the second largest project by Russia in Pakistan after
the steel mill. And Pakistan's Special Forces conducted joint exercises, and
the five-day exercise in 2020 created an atmosphere of further
confidence-building in defense relations between the two countries. Russia
participated in the International Peace Exercise 17 hosted by the
Pakistan Navy in February 2017, along with its fleet this year. On July
3, 2017, the Russian company Gazprom International and the Pakistani company
OGDC participated. The LK signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the use
of state-of-the-art technology for oil exploration, the completion of joint
development projects in Moscow, a significant change in Russian policy under
President Putin in 2017. Russia and China have been instrumental in getting
Pakistan to join the SCO, which has helped ease the global pressure on Pakistan
from a number of world powers, including the United States. Joining the SCO
against the Western bloc has helped Pakistan's geographical position.
Significance.
The
Russian Foreign Minister's visit to Pakistan after 9 years is considered
important, especially the two countries' efforts with China for peace in the
region, easing the growing pressure from the Western bloc, economic and defense
needs. Russia's interest in getting its steel mills back on its feet with
progress in a number of areas, and cooperation for access to Central Asian
countries in the C-Pac project. Important for countries. Friendly relations
between Pakistan and China are long standing, China has an important role to
play in bringing Russia and Pakistan closer to each other, which is why India
is afraid of trilateral relations in India. When Pakistan sought Russia's
state-of-the-art Sukhoi SU-27 fighter jets in 1990, the ranks of Indian
extremists were shaken. Russia has sold Mi-35 helicopters to Pakistan "Russia
will not take any step that would harm its relations with its longtime
strategic partner India or harm its interests," he said. Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov called Pakistan Russia's closest neighbor. The
statement was made during a visit by former Defense Minister Khawaja Asif and
Army Chief Raheel Sharif.
After
the attack on the military camp in Uri sector of occupied Jammu and Kashmir,
India had demanded from Russia to cancel military exercises with Pakistan but
Russia flatly refused to do so. This is a good indication of Moscow's new
foreign policy. During the "Heart of Asia" conference in Amritsar,
India, in December 2016, the Russian envoy clearly disliked the process of
declaring Pakistan a "terrorist-sponsoring state".
Earlier, on October 26, 2016, at the BRICS conference in Goa, India, Russian
President Vladimir Putin rejected India's special request and refrained from
mentioning terrorism with Pakistan. And the lure of simultaneous interests from
Russia forced Russia to think that as a close neighbor to Pakistan, the
unbalanced policy of the past needed to be corrected, which is why relations
between Russia and Pakistan the trend of improvement seems to be increasing.
Enthusiastic meetings between Prime Minister Imran Khan and Russian
President Putin dealt a severe diplomatic blow to India. In the meeting between
the two leaders, Russia expressed realism and pragmatism. Russia wants
Pakistan's cooperation in ending the four-decade-long war in Afghanistan and
its implications to pave the way for a peaceful and economic revolution in the
region. It should be noted that India is still the largest buyer of Russian
arms in the arms race. Distances between Moscow and New Delhi are unlikely, but
it did come to a head when the "Logistic Exchange Memorandum of
Agreement" between India and the United States alerted Moscow. The
agreement provides the United States with some military facilities from India.
These include air and sea refueling and logistics. The agreement also gives
India an opportunity to make similar use of US military facilities. According
to the Kremlin, the United States is committed to using the agreement to limit
China and Russia in the region, especially in India's maritime area. This shows
that India is preferring the United States to Russia. Under the circumstances,
it will be necessary for Russia to step into the Indian Navy to bring Russia
closer to Pakistan, although Russia has expressed interest in linking the
Eurasian Economic Union to the Silk Road during the China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor negotiations. I wanted to join. After the Trump administration came,
Pakistan's inclination towards Russia also increased, because of the kind of
pressure that the US President put on Pakistan in South Asian policy and
adopted a non-diplomatic attitude, after which it became necessary for Pakistan
to change its foreign policy. So that relying on a single power for the
protection and survival of the land does not cause any other major damage like
in the past. Along with Russia, China and Pakistan, Iran and Turkey are
emerging as a new ally. However, despite its principled stance on neutrality in
Pakistan's foreign policy, it is still not ideal for the new allied bloc to
ignore Pakistan's relations with Iran by the United States and Arab countries,
as well as European countries, China and It is also reluctant to accept
Pakistan's growing ties with Russia, especially as Turkey's efforts to join
Europe have failed, and its reliance on Iran with Russia and Pakistan to gain
influence in the new bloc is growing. For Europe, the United States and India,
the new alliance could jeopardize their interests.
Turkey
has approved an Afghan peace conference under the Istanbul Process in mid-April
on a US proposal for peace in Afghanistan. However, after the rejection of the
interim government's proposal in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani has
promised to hold another presidential election, saying that if the Afghan
Taliban want to gain power through elections, they are ready to resign. Before
the Afghan Taliban responded, several Afghan opposition parties themselves
rejected Ashraf Ghani's proposal and stressed the need for an
interim government to pave the way for a first ceasefire in Afghanistan and to
govern the country according to the wishes of the Afghan people. The Afghan Peace
Jirga has received more than 30 drafts before the Istanbul Conference,
while President Ashraf Ghani will also present his peace formula at the
Istanbul Conference. The reaction will come later. Until then, the Afghan
Taliban are on two main points, including the complete withdrawal of US forces
in May and the end of the Ghani government. The Ghani administration has
rejected the US proposal, while the US Intelligence agencies have expressed
concern that if the US With a complete withdrawal today, Afghans could occupy
Afghanistan in a short period of time, so the withdrawal of US troops in May is
a matter of ambiguity. Following the Afghan Peace Conference in Moscow,
progress on the Afghan peace format in Turkey was also reviewed. While there
will be positive progress on improving relations between the two countries
after the arrival of the Russian Foreign Minister in Pakistan, there is also a
possibility of reaching a consensus on the logical formula for the most
important talks in Istanbul before May. Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood
Qureshi has said that the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to
Pakistan is important. He said that Russia is a very important country in the
region and the visit reflects the change in Pakistan's relations with Russia.
He said that Pak-Russia relations are improving, seeing how Pak-Russia economic
and defense relations are growing, North and South gas pipeline project
Pakistan and Russia want to move forward.
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