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Pak PM Shehbaz, Russian President Putin quietly exchange letters to enhance bilateral ties: Report #IndiaNEWS #International
Islamabad: Pakistans new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Russian President Vladimir Putin have quietly exchanged letters to strengthen bilateral relations, a media report said Sunday, amidst allegations by Imran Khan that his maiden visit to Moscow, much against Washingtons wishes, led to his ouster.
The letters were exchanged after the election of Shehbaz as prime minister but both the sides kept development away from the media glare in what seemed to be a move aimed at avoiding any public attention, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.
A senior Pakistan foreign office official confirmed to the newspaper that President Putin wrote a letter to the prime minister, congratulating him on his election.
The official, who requested not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Putin expressed his desire to deepen cooperation between the two countries.
A day after his appointment as Pakistan Prime Minister, President Putin sent a congratulatory message to Sharif which was made public by the Kremlin Press Office.
“Our countries share friendly and constructive relations. I hope that as Prime Minister you will seek to further promote closer multifaceted cooperation between Russia and Pakistan, as well as partnership in the Afghan settlement and countering international terrorism,� it quoted Putin as saying April 12.
Shehbaz wrote back to Putin thanking him for his felicitation message and expressed similar sentiments on bilateral ties between the two countries as well as cooperation on Afghanistan, The Express Tribune reported.
The exchange of letters took place as the former prime minister Khan is adamant he was ousted from power through an alleged US-backed vote of no-confidence since Americans did not like his visit to Moscow to meet President Putin on February 24, the day the Russian president ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
Khan has repeatedly said that the US did not want him to visit Russia and the National Security Advisor of President Joe Biden called his National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf, urging him to call of the prime ministers visit to Moscow.
On Saturday, Khan again alleged that Pakistans former ambassador to the US Asad Majeed Khan held a meeting with senior American diplomat Donald Lu, where the latter used undiplomatic language.
I will go a step forward and say that he (Donald Lu) was arrogant… the Joe Biden administration official told our ambassador that Imran Khan will have to be removed through a no-confidence motion, he said, adding that the meeting took place before the no-trust motion was filed by the Opposition parties.
The Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said that the US official told Pakistans ambassador that everything would be forgiven if he was removed from office.

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