VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Transcript of the beginning of the meeting:
Vladimir Putin: Mr Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen, I’m very glad to see you again.
First of all, I’d like to again express my condolences over the disastrous flood that ravaged your country last summer. Russia promptly responded to this disaster and attempted to supply top priority aid.
We are still affected by the aftermath of the global economic crisis. It has damaged our bilateral economic ties as well. However, the level of our trade has been recovering in the first eight months of this year. A number of Russian companies are directly interested in expanding their presence on the Pakistani market and cooperating with their partners in Pakistan.
All of us have witnessed the recent anti-terrorist efforts of the Pakistani leadership. We are your allies in this struggle without reservation. I’m very glad to see you. I hope we’ll have the opportunity to discuss all issues of our bilateral relations.
Yusuf Raza Gilani (as translated): Your Excellency, first of all I’d like to thank you for today’s meeting. After we met in Beijing in October, our relations and exchange of visits have been on the upsurge. Our oil minister visited Moscow recently, as well as the economy minister. Our relations have been developing fast.
Taking this opportunity, I’d like to thank you for your assistance during the calamities in Pakistan. About 20 million people remain homeless in our country.
We are doing all that we can to counter extremism and terrorism. We will not make any concessions. There are and will be huge human losses – our soldiers – on this road. We have lost many more lives than the NATO countries. We have also sustained economic damage.
