Russia lauds Pakistan's efforts to successfully root out terrorism from country

ISLAMABAD - Russia says it has no objection to Pakistan's membership of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) and is ready to work towards consensus-based discussions on this issue.

This was stated by Russian Ambassador Alexey Dedov, while addressing a seminar titled "Pakistan-Russia Relations: Is there a New Trajectory?" in Islamabad on Wednesday.

Lauding Pakistan's sacrifices and efforts to successfully root out terrorism from the country, he said Russia will continue to support Islamabad in this regard.

On Kashmir issue, the ambassador said Russia has been trying to build trust between Pakistan and India through the SCO forum and once trust is restored, they will reach a final solution to the issue.