... geostrategic position. Pakistan’s role is very important in terms of stability, but it also creates more political space and leverage for Russia in Asia. As we all know, the Russian–Indian relations are an important factor, but we would also like Russians to help Pakistani in the SCO. Pakistan also needs some trade partners, economic stability, FDIs. I think Pakistan could play a bigger role if it becomes more economically oriented and secure partner. With economics at the center. And then everything would revolve around it. I ...
... conflict for the stronger party, pushing hopes for a “final victory” into the distance. This explains why New Delhi and Moscow seek to limit their relations with Islamabad and Kiev to preserving the status quo and minimizing the threat of escalation.
What does this mean for the future of India–Pakistan and Russia–Ukraine relations? First of all, we need to acknowledge that conflicts of this type tend to drag on for a very long time,...
... RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Head of the CCEIS Section of International Military-Political and Military-Economic Problems at the Higher School of Economics, RIAC Member
The participants discussed the priorities of Russia's chairmanship of the SCO and the opportunities they create for cooperation between Russia and Pakistan. The agenda also included topical issues of the consequences of the spread of COVID-19 for the SCO member countries. In addition, the experts paid special attention to regional security issues and the settlement of the situation in Afghanistan....
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Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
Farhat Asif, Founder President, Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies
Muhammad Asif Noor, Founder Director, Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies, Secretary-General, Pakistan SCO Friendship Forum
Mikhail Konarovsky, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Leading Research Fellow at the Institute of International Research, MGIMO University, RIAC Member
Muhammad Khan, Professor, Department of International Relations, International Islamic University, Islamabad
Zhao Huasheng, Professor ...
... Staff Exercise called “Peace Mission-2018” in August 2018 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Reciprocal participation of each other's military delegations has also evolved into a regular feature of military-to-military cooperation between the two countries. Pakistan Army participated in Russia's “Army-2018 Exhibition” in Moscow. The Russian side participated in the 'International Defence Exhibition and Seminar' (IDEAS) in 2019. Russia participated in a multinational naval exercise called “Aman-2019,” and it attended the 2017 edition of the same exercise as well.
Based ...
... directly from the region’s
close geographic proximity to both Russia and Pakistan which in itself pre-dates
the modern international system. These ties, when approached via a possible
multilateral framework (such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO),
for instance), have immense potential in helping mediate existing tensions within
the region. Both Russia and Pakistan, by drawing on their own bilateral relations
with the Middle East’s major powers, can thus play a key role in arbitrating existing
disputes and tensions, such as the ongoing rivalry between Iran and Saudi
Arabia to help bring about greater ...
... Pakistan in response to Pulwama terror attacks.
Therefore, within the framework of SCO, India will have to make every possible effort to not only strengthen regional cooperation but also utilise SCO summit meetings to cement bilateral engagements with SCO member states.
Nevertheless, the challenges that need to be navigated, including the new equation of growing Russia-China-Pakistan triangular convergence of interests, remain on the horizon. This has seen even Russia — India’s traditional partner — adopt a more nuanced position on New Delhi’s key strategic concerns.
With the stakes being high, deft diplomacy in an ...
... and for its positioning on the world stage in its new and expanded composition. This was due to significant deepening of the SCO’s geopolitical dimension following the accession of India and Pakistan last year, whose leaders first took part in the organization’s activities at the Qingdao summit. As a result of the expansion, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has become the world’s largest association, the global nature of which Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to in an
interview
with the China Media Group on June 6, 2018.
Against this background,...
... nothing close to the Kashmir problem when it comes to longevity, intensity and the loss of life.
In addition, neither India nor Pakistan belong to the (post-)communist world: the two countries share the British colonial legacy and have a completely different experience of statehood and political development (incidentally, the SCO’s official languages have always been Russian and Chinese, not English). The SCO must also contend with the complicated relations between India and China.
Alexander ...
... Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hua Chunying said that China hoped Pakistan and India would improve bilateral relations after becoming the full members of SCO. “We hope that Pakistan and India will inject new impetus to the development of SCO.”Pakistan must share its counter-terrorism experience with SCO member-states, especially Russia and the Central Asian states, for whom ‘terrorism, extremism and separatism’ have become an imminent threat. Such sharing on part of Pakistan may boost its position in SCO. Undoubtedly, sharing of this experience might be the most refined impetus ...
