Pakistan, Russia to strengthen road & rail links
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The discussion emphasized accelerating the construction of Highways among regional countries
Pakistan and Russia have agreed to enhance road and rail connectivity between their countries through Central Asia, in a bid to boost regional trade and economic cooperation.
The development came during a bilateral meeting between Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan and Russian Deputy Minister of Transport Andrey Sergeyevich Nikitin, held on the final day of the SCO Ministerial Conference in Tianjin, said a press release issued here on Thursday.
The discussion emphasized accelerating the construction of Highways among regional countries to facilitate this connectivity.
Reference Link:- https://tribune.com.pk/story/2554078/pakistan-russia-to-strengthen-road-rail-links
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
