Presently, among the diplomatic jaunts, the Russian officials' visit to Islamabad is much weighty. The analysts view it as an opportunity to mend the two sides' diplomatic as well as economic mess.
In fact, the memory collides against the apogee of rivalry between Pakistan and Russia during the heydays of the Cold War when one mentions Russo-Pak. Nonetheless, the circumstances have changed. The respective regimes have been replaced. The choices and limitations phenomena have reshaped. The recent visit proves a gust of cool-breeze in aspect of better relations between the two states in the days to come. This development is the outcome of the complex international system. It has proved the maxim factual that the needs and limitations make the hostility prone to termination.
Actually, the ongoing age is the venue of diverse economies. The successful is the one who amasses enormous wealth and sources. In this lane, the time requires the two sides to enjoy each other's skills and artfulness. The time also emphasizes on the joint-mechanism, likely to be employed in many spheres. Thus, the cooperation in diplomatic, economic and defense is, of course, prominent.
Coming to the Russo-Pak interactions, the mutual understanding is of much relevance for both actors. In fact, on the matter of energy corridors being alternatively sought in the West, Moscow once again feels the heat of the crippling cold war in its relations to the former. The current saga of measures and counter-measures in Crimean Peninsula shows how Russia requires the friends in international community of states.
On the other hand, Pakistani policy makers seek to survive in the intense security environment particularly when it embroils with India over the diversified inflammatory disputes. Under the shadow of this menace, it is no less than bound to look horizontally and vertically in quest of allies. That is why it is optimistic to term it as the coincidence of the two parties' strategic choices.
Therefore, the mutual understanding in the two capitals is blessing in disguise, aimed at accruing diplomatic-cum-strategic boons. According to the Pakistani officials, Islamabad is offered MI.35 attack-helicopters. This shipment may ultimately augment the striking arm of Pakistani land forces.
The possible cooperation as a productive course is likely to branch out further in shape of economic cooperation and technological exchanges. Significantly, Russia is adept in energy exploration. It has developed, since the USSR was alive, the equipment for tearing the chest of soil and drilling mines. With Moscow's technical and financial assistance, this sector can be improved in Pakistan.
The Russian assistance in enlarging and enhancing Pak Steel Mills would not only generate the economy but also would be harbinger of the profound ties to be arranged between the two countries. It is rational to believe that the said parameters of cooperation on one hand would help Russia come out of economic stagnation, experienced in wake of hazardous proxy wars from 1948 to 1991. On the other, it is equally fecund and fruitful for Pakistan whose economy is also conflict-torn.
To give final opinion, the said reciprocal interaction is, no doubt, a sigh of relief on the diplomatic horizons. However, it is pivotal to let the relations not sabotaged by the internal and external, state and non-state actors in the prime interest of the two states.
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