Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Moscow, as Russian forces continued their invasion of Ukraine, with the latter expressing “regret” that a military conflict was not averted, according to a Pakistani statement.
Khan met Putin at the Kremlin on Thursday evening, both governments said, with the two holding a photo op before going into talks that were described by Pakistan as “a summit meeting”.
A Russian government statement described PM Khan’s tour of Moscow as a “working visit”.
“The leaders of the two countries discussed the main aspects of bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on current regional topics, including developments in South Asia,” said the brief statement from the Russian presidency.
Before the visit, Pakistan’s foreign office said the two leaders’ talks would focus on regional developments, Afghanistan, Islamophobia and a major gas pipeline deal that Pakistan is seeking to finalise with Russia.
On the conflict in Ukraine, PM Khan’s office offered his country’s first official statement by saying that Pakistan was not in favour of conflict, but avoiding ascribing responsibility for the hostilities.
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