Pak is Russia’s ‘most important’ partner in South Asia: Putin

Moscow: Pakistan is Russia’s “most important” partner in South Asia and in the Islamic world, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday during a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart in St Petersburg.

“Pakistan today is not an important trade and economic partner of Russia, but also most important Russian partner in  South Asia and in the Islamic world,” Putin was quoted as saying at his meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.   More Read