Putin Marks Growth in Russia-Pakistan Trade Turnover, Says Prospects Even Bigger

© Host photo agency / Go to the mediabankPresident of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin meets with Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin meets with Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Sputnik International
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The trade turnover between Russia and Pakistan has slightly increased but the two countries have much greater potential for economic cooperation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit on Friday.

June 9, 2017. President Vladimir Putin poses for photographs with the participants of the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). From left: President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of China Xi Jinping, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. From right: President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon. - Sputnik International
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ASTANA (Sputnik) — The Russian President stressed that Pakistan was an important partner of Moscow in South Asia.

"The trade turnover has increased but our capabilities are much higher," Putin said.

Putin congratulated Sharif on Pakistan's accession to the SCO, granted to Islamabad and New Delhi at the SCO Heads of State Council Meeting in Astana that took place on Thursday and Friday.

On Wednesday, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said that large Russian energy companies were working on the possibility of supplying liquefied natural gas to Pakistan and the construction of an offshore Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.

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