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MEDIA RELEASE
On 11 March, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Rudenko received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the Russian Federation, Faisal Niaz Tirmizi.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed the state of affairs in the Middle East and the broader regional area [referring to both the "Middle East" (Blizhny Vostok) and the "Middle East/Central Asian corridor" region (Sredny Vostok), as used in Russian diplomatic terminology], with a focus on the crisis surrounding Iran, as well as current issues on the bilateral agenda.