RAWALPINDI, (DNA) – Colonel General Alexander V. Fomin, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation visited Pakistan and called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ.

Regional security situation and matters of mutual interest including enhancement of bilateral defence and security cooperation were discussed.

The Deputy Minister expressed his appreciation for Pakistan Army’s achievements against terrorism and expressed requirement of greater cooperative and collaborative approach among global community to defeat extremism.