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6 Apr, 5 tweets, 8 min read
#Lavrov in #Islamabad after 9 years, in a balancing act after first visiting #India, but also to mark strides in ties between the old Cold War adversaries #Russia & #Pakistan. These days #Afghanistan is a strong point of convergence where Pk+Ru are cooperating with #US #China.
An official handle of #Pakistan's MFA quotes a couplet from #Russia FM #SergeyLavrov's poetry, indulging him as he visits Pak to talk #Afghanistan. Lavrov did take a backhanded swipe at the #US during a presser but the visit aligns with 🇺🇸 interests.

#Russia & the #US are working closely on #Afghanistan despite friction on other issues. FM #SergeyLavrov's visit to #India+#Pakistan is part of that US-Russian coordination. Hard to see how this visit is part of some anti-US move as some Pak media suggest.
Pakistan Air Force gave made-in-Russia arms bad publicity when it downed Russian-made Indian Air Force jets in a dogfight in Feb 2019 (theprint.in/defence/not-mu…) But #Russia-#Pakistan military cooperation is already on the uptick.

In interview with a #Pakistan newspaper, visiting #Russia FM #SergeyLavrov endorses #India as a "responsible world power," underplays India's participation in the #QUAD, and politely skips a question over #Kashmir conflict.

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