PM of Pakistan Imran Khan arrived in Moscow

Moscow, TGO: Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan arrived in Moscow for a 2-day visit on Wednesday night. Welcomed by Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov, Khan was heard saying ‘so much excitement’ – referring to the escalating tensions between the two nuclear nations.

After inspecting the guard of honour, Khan, accompanied his foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, is heard telling Morgulov, “What a time I have come, So much excitement”. In response, Morgulov says, “Absolutely, this is the right time to come”. Noting Russian Foreign minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov’s absence, Qureshi is heard saying, “I thought he will recieve us”, to which Morgulov says he will meet them.

Pakistani PM Imran Khan is currently on a 2-day visit to Russia in a bid to push for constructing a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline between the two nations by Russian companies. The Moscow visit is also the first one by a Pakistani PM in 23 years. As per Pakistani reports, the Imran Khan govt is currently in talks with Russia over a long-due visit of Vladimir Putin to Islamabad. Khan is accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising of ministers Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Fawad Chaudhry, Asad Umar, Commerce Advisor Abdul Razak Dawood and National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf.