{"id":3447,"date":"2026-04-24T15:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:15:14","slug":"pakistan-russia-consider-rescheduling-pm-shehbazs-moscow-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=3447","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, Russia consider rescheduling PM Shehbaz\u2019s Moscow visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: <\/strong>Deputy Prime Minister <strong>Ishaq Dar<\/strong> on Friday held a telephonic conversation with Russian Foreign Minister <strong>Sergey Lavrov<\/strong>, during which the two sides discussed rescheduling Prime Minister <strong>Shehbaz Sharif<\/strong>\u2019s planned visit to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PM Shehbaz had cancelled his official visit to Russia in light of the regional turmoil following the US-Israel attack on Iran<\/strong>, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office said last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Russian media, <strong>the prime minister was originally scheduled to visit Russia from March 3 to 5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office, <strong>DPM Dar and the Russian foreign minister underscored the importance of maintaining regular high-level engagements and discussed setting new dates for the visit at a mutually convenient time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Deputy Prime Minister\/Foreign Minister H.E. Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar today held a telephonic conversation with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, H.E. Sergey Lavrov.<br><br>The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and cooperation at multilateral fora in support of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qljwBNJW9a\">pic.twitter.com\/qljwBNJW9a<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ministry of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForeignOfficePk\/status\/2047651432686584188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders also <strong>reviewed bilateral relations and cooperation at multilateral fora, particularly in support of international peace and security<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement added that <strong>Lavrov appreciated Pakistan\u2019s constructive role in facilitating dialogue between Iran and the United States<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the conversation, <strong>Dar, who also serves as foreign minister, reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to promoting dialogue and diplomacy to resolve all issues<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The deputy prime minister also extended an invitation to his Russian counterpart to visit Pakistan<\/strong>, while both sides agreed to remain in close contact to further advance cooperation, the Foreign Office statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday held a telephonic conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, during which the two sides discussed rescheduling Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s planned&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[2048,35,282],"class_list":["post-3447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pak-russia-relations","tag-pakistan","tag-russia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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