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Medvedev, Zardari to discuss RF-Pakistan relations, int'l issues
MOSCOW, May 12 (Itar-Tass) -- President Dmitry Medvedev and Pakistani
President Asif Ali Zardari will meet ion Thursday, May 12, to discuss
bilateral relations and the most pressing international issues.
This will be the fifth meeting between Medvedev and Zardari. The
previous four were held on the sidelines of the quadripartite meeting
between the presidents of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Russia in
Sochi on August 18, 2010; on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) meeting in Tashkent on June 10, 2010; at the meeting of
the four presidents in Dushanbe on July 30, 2009; and on the sidelines of
the SCO Summit in Yekaterinburg on June 16, 2009.
The presidents of Russia and Pakistan plan to adopt a joint statement.
The two asides will also sign several bilateral documents, including a
inter-governmental agreement on air service and interagency memorandums in
the fields of energy and agriculture.
The joint statement will emphasise the considerable potential for
further deepening of bilateral ties, particularly trade and economic ones.
Pakistan will express gratitude to Russia for timely humanitarian aid (70
tonnes of basic necessities, targeted contributions to specialised
international organisations to a tune of seven million U.S. dollars)
provided after a disastrous flood in Pakistan last year.
Bilateral trade turnover has not yet reached the pre-crisis level and
stood at 362.7 million U.S. dollars in 2010 (615.6 million U.S. dollars in
2008, and 334.4 million U.S. dollars in 2009).
The sides pin great hopes on the work of the Russian-Pakistani
Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical
Cooperation.
At its first meeting in Moscow on September 21, 2010, the sides mapped
out specific bilateral and regional projects in such fields as transport,
energy, metallurgy, and high technologies. These include the participation
of Russian Railways Company in the construction of railway infrastructure
in Pakistan and of interested Russian companies in the upgrading of Pak
Steel Mill in Karachi, the engagement of Gazprom in the TAPI
(Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project,
exploration and production of oil and gas in Pakistan, and the development
of underground gas storage facilities in the country.
Another promising area of cooperation is power engineering. Russia is
would be interested in joining the CASA-1000 project to supply electricity
to Pakistan from Central Asian republics through Afghanistan.
Medvedev and Zardari will also discuss coordination of efforts to
maintain peace and stability in the region, including the fight against
terrorism, illegal drug trafficking and organised crime.
-0-zak/
President Asif Ali Zardari will meet ion Thursday, May 12, to discuss
bilateral relations and the most pressing international issues.
This will be the fifth meeting between Medvedev and Zardari. The
previous four were held on the sidelines of the quadripartite meeting
between the presidents of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Russia in
Sochi on August 18, 2010; on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) meeting in Tashkent on June 10, 2010; at the meeting of
the four presidents in Dushanbe on July 30, 2009; and on the sidelines of
the SCO Summit in Yekaterinburg on June 16, 2009.
The presidents of Russia and Pakistan plan to adopt a joint statement.
The two asides will also sign several bilateral documents, including a
inter-governmental agreement on air service and interagency memorandums in
the fields of energy and agriculture.
The joint statement will emphasise the considerable potential for
further deepening of bilateral ties, particularly trade and economic ones.
Pakistan will express gratitude to Russia for timely humanitarian aid (70
tonnes of basic necessities, targeted contributions to specialised
international organisations to a tune of seven million U.S. dollars)
provided after a disastrous flood in Pakistan last year.
Bilateral trade turnover has not yet reached the pre-crisis level and
stood at 362.7 million U.S. dollars in 2010 (615.6 million U.S. dollars in
2008, and 334.4 million U.S. dollars in 2009).
The sides pin great hopes on the work of the Russian-Pakistani
Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical
Cooperation.
At its first meeting in Moscow on September 21, 2010, the sides mapped
out specific bilateral and regional projects in such fields as transport,
energy, metallurgy, and high technologies. These include the participation
of Russian Railways Company in the construction of railway infrastructure
in Pakistan and of interested Russian companies in the upgrading of Pak
Steel Mill in Karachi, the engagement of Gazprom in the TAPI
(Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project,
exploration and production of oil and gas in Pakistan, and the development
of underground gas storage facilities in the country.
Another promising area of cooperation is power engineering. Russia is
would be interested in joining the CASA-1000 project to supply electricity
to Pakistan from Central Asian republics through Afghanistan.
Medvedev and Zardari will also discuss coordination of efforts to
maintain peace and stability in the region, including the fight against
terrorism, illegal drug trafficking and organised crime.
-0-zak/
