Pakistan and Russia have agreed to continue constructive engagement on regional issues including Afghanistan as well as cooperation at multilateral fora including UN and SCO.

An understanding to this effect came during the visit of Additional Foreign Secretary Europe, Ambassador Shafqat Ali Khan to Moscow.

He is visiting Moscow at the invitation of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister A. Rudenko.

During the Talks, the two sides positively assessed the level of bilateral cooperation particularly in the area of trade, energy and counter terrorism cooperation.