... but on a new footing. Next in geographical terms would be India – because our relations with India are clear and there are unused opportunities that have been missed in the last 30 years.
How would you characterise the Russia-Pakistan relationship?
Pakistan is an important player, we want to be involved, have a relationship with them. But they are not in the same category as China or India.
Is Russia supporting Taliban in Afghanistan?
We are playing a very complicated game – sometimes we support somebody, sometimes we help somebody else. Taliban is also different. When we saw the US going in with ground troops we were ...
... quoted “With great power comes great responsibility”.SCO membership is significant triumph for Pakistan for a number of reasons. Pakistan and China are already enjoying amicable relations in almost all spheres especially in the economic domain. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the landmark project which is being materialised and is effectively taking this mutual relationship to further heights. China is leading the Shanghai Club and Pakistan’s inclusion in this club is the remarkable addition ...
... tensions in the relationship, whereas Russia has settled its border with China and can take a different view of China’s territorial claims based on history.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is seen very differently by India and Russia. For India, the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor constitutes a violation of our sovereignty, China’s policies in our neighbourhood are seen as undermining our interests and its projects for the Indian Ocean are viewed as a security threat. Russia is not affected by these ...
... most probably at the Gwadar Port, in order to establish counter balance for America’s strategic partner India and America itself. Gwadar Port is a warm-water, deep-sea port situated on the Arabian Sea at Gwadar in Baluchistan the socalled province of Pakistan.
According to the Pentagon reports, China has also dispatched troops to the Wakhan district of Badakhshan province of Afghanistan to safe guard its bordering areas alongside Afghanistan. Furthermore, the Indian security agencies have suspected China attempts to encircle India, the reports ...
... affect the prospects of meaningful trilateral relationship. Russian agreement to supply Ballistic Missile Defence system to India may impede the prospects of this growing relationship. It is important to understand that the convergences among Russia, China and Pakistan clearly outweigh the divergences. It is difficult to gaze through the crystal ball and predict how would Indo-U.S. Axis impact the global stability. Perhaps, the policy makers in Washington and New Delhi should read Kissinger’s On China for ...
... for the forces fighting against the Soviet military in Afghanistan. Secondly, the uproar surrounding the news was whipped up by the information that the exercise may be held in the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir, where
the interests of India, Pakistan and China
collide. It is hardly surprising that political analysts attempt to see this news proof of an emerging thaw in Russia–Pakistan relations, while at the same time searching for signs of growing problems in the Russia–India strategic partnership,...
... Russia blocking further development of the economic aspects of the SCO.
There is also concerns that disputes between Pakistan and India will bring the organization’s work to a standstill. The most likely flashpoints are Kashmir, where part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is being constructed, or conflict over the disputed parts of the Sino-Indian border. Even with the SCO’s record of security cooperation, nobody imagines that these long-standing differences will simply be put aside.
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... every legal ground for processing Iran's application in compliance with the SCO norms. Besides, after the Ufa summit, India and Pakistan have prepared their memorandums of obligations for acquiring membership in close contact with representatives of the ... ... create conditions for expanded cooperation in fighting terrorism in the new reality.
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..., so the project is based on Chinese technologies. Critics of the
Sino-Pakistani cooperation
in the nuclear field voice concern that Beijing is contravening the guidelines of the NSG, which it joined in 2004. Given the long-standing rivalry between Pakistan and India and the complicated relationship of the latter with China, it is not surprising that after the diplomatic success of Narendra Modi China, which had carefully concealed the scope of its nuclear cooperation with Pakistan,
officially announced
its participation in building six nuclear projects in South Asian ...
... consideration too. It is not accidental that Beijing is engaged in a dialogue with Islamabad on these issues not only in a bilateral format but also in multilateral fora, including the platforms of “China-Russia-Pakistan” and the “China-Pakistan-Afghanistan Dialogue,” which held its meeting in Islamabad on February 9, 2015. During his current visit, the Foreign Minister of China paid primary attention to the situation in Afghanistan, requiring a “compromise with all factions,...
