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| Putin says Russia is increasing grain supplies to Pakistan |
| 2024-07-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russia will increase grain supplies to Pakistan. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. On July 3, the Russian leader held talks with the Pakistani prime minister as part of the SCO summit in Astana. During the event, the leaders agreed that Russia would increase grain supplies. "At your request, Russia is trying to make its contribution to ensuring Pakistan's food security. We are increasing grain supplies to the Pakistani market," Putin emphasized during the meeting. Earlier at the SCO summit, Putin held talks with Mongolian leader Ukhnagiin Khurelsukh, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. As reported by Regnum News Agency, Russia has become Pakistan's main grain supplier. In March, it shipped almost half a million tons of products, thereby taking up about 70% of Pakistan's imports. On July 2, the head of state's aide for international affairs, Yuri Ushakov, said that the Russian president would hold several important bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Kazakhstan. He would also meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Also, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the topic of negotiations between Russia, China and Turkey will be various aspects of trade and economic cooperation. |
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