Pakistan, Oct. 20 -- Russian Ambassador Albert P. Khureyev offered Moscow's mediation to help ease growing border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Speaking at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad, Khureyev emphasized the urgent need for early border dispute resolution. He expressed deep concern over terrorist infiltration into Pakistani territory from cross-border Afghan safe havens. Furthermore, the Russian diplomat highlighted how frequent border post closures severely disrupt essential regional trade and transit commerce.

Addressing the same event, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Faisal Niaz Tirmizi welcomed expanding bilateral security cooperation with Moscow. Tirmizi pointed to recent high-level law enforcement v...