Pakistan and Russia have agreed to strengthen collaborative efforts to effectively combat terrorism, underscoring the mutual benefits of such cooperation, the Foreign Office said on Friday.
The two sides discussed the various forms of radicalisation, the spread of terrorist ideologies and the misuse of information and communication technologies for terrorist purposes, the FO said in a statement.
Ambassador Syed Haider Shah, the additional foreign secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador Sergey Vershinin, the deputy foreign minister of the Russian Federation co-chaired the 10th meeting of the Pakistan-Russia Joint Working Group on ‘Combating International Terrorism and Other Challenges to Security’ held here on Thursday.
The two sides resolved to work together in combating the financing of terrorism and in other key areas of counter-terrorism.
The meeting reaffirmed the commitment of both Pakistan and Russia to continue their cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
Both the sides recognised the importance of their partnership in maintaining regional and global security.
The two sides discussed at length the global and regional terrorist threats, with a particular focus on the situations in Afghanistan, Central and South Asia and North Africa.
