A major Media Forum between Moscow and Islamabad is scheduled for Friday, February 27, prior to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s crucial visit to Moscow during the first week of March.
This forum will convene journalists, political analysts, and diplomats from both Pakistan and Russia to deliberate on the current status of bilateral relations.
It will further investigate potential areas for collaboration, and assess how the evolving partnership between Russia and Pakistan is influencing global politics, the economy, and the media environment.
Sessions of Moscow-Islamabad Media Forum
The initial session, entitled “Global Challenges and Perspectives in a Changing World: Views from Moscow and Islamabad,” will be moderated from Moscow by the Counsellor at Rossiya Segodnya Media Group, Peter Lidov, and from Islamabad by the internationally recognised journalist Agha Iqrar Haroon.
Speakers participating from Moscow will feature the Director of the Information and Press Department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, along with a geopolitical analyst and expert in diplomacy and international relations, Dr. Roxolana Zigón.
She leads the Scientific Center for International and Strategic Studies and Diplomacy of Nations at the University of World Civilizations, among others.
From Islamabad, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defense and Security, and Albert Khorev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Pakistan, will contribute to the forum.
The second session, titled “The Perspectives of the Bilateral Relations Development Between Russia and Pakistan,” will be moderated by Peter Lidov-Petrovsky and a senior journalist from Dunya News Group, Almas Haider Naqvi.
He is currently serving as Foreign Policy and Diplomatic Correspondent in Islamabad.
