Pakistan, Russia join hands against cross-border c...

Summary

• Russia and Pakistan have agreed to strengthen cooperation against transnational organised crime, terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking and cybercrime following a visit by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev to Pakistan.
• A key outcome of the visit was the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the interior ministries of both countries to strengthen cooperation in combating transnational organised crime.
• He also expressed confidence that Pakistan’s chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) would provide opportunities to advance practical cooperation between the two countries’ law enforcement agencies.

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Russia and Pakistan have agreed to strengthen cooperation against transnational organised crime, terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking and cybercrime following a visit by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev to Pakistan.

Kolokoltsev concluded his visit on October 15 after arriving in Pakistan on October 12. During his four-day stay, he held high-level meetings with Pakistani civilian and military leadership to discuss security cooperation and ways to improve coordination between law enforcement agencies.

The Russian minister met Federal Interior and Narcotics Control Minister Mohsin Naqvi, President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, and Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.