Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has praised Pakistan-Russia relations as “genuinely mutually beneficial”.
Taking to its official account on X, the Russian embassy in Pakistan quoted Putin: “We maintain close cooperation with Pakistan, a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the largest regional organisation in terms of economic, technological, and human potential. Russia-Pakistan relations are genuinely mutually beneficial.”
The Russian president reportedly said the words when the Pakistani ambassador to Russia, Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, presented his credentials to him on Thursday at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
Pakistani and Russian diplomatic relations are on the rise since 2023 when Pakistan added Russian oil to its energy portfolio.
In December 2025, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb told the press that the two countries were holding talks about a new oil sector agreement.