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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPakistan sides w/RU. Agrees to buy 2 million tons of Wheat & Nat gas from Russia.
"As an aside both Pakistan, who helped the Taliban in Afghanistan, and India, have sided with Russia against 🇺🇸🇺🇦, and both need dealing with after this is over. When the chips are down, you find out who your friends are. Neither nation are true friends of the United States"Link to tweet
Pakistan announces it will import 2 million tons of wheat and natural gas from Russia
@SamRamani2
This article unpacks Imran Khan's visit to Moscow and its implications:
https://www.voanews.com/a/khan-after-putin-visit-pakistan-to-import-wheat-gas-from-russia-/6463734.html
Budi
(15,325 posts)🤔
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,163 posts).
It probably was a month or two in the works.
One week later, they could have stalled and gotten it for 25% less.
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hunter
(38,301 posts)... and will wonder what they are getting from Pakistan in return for their wheat and natural gas.
WarGamer
(12,326 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Fking great
PortTack
(32,691 posts)uponit7771
(90,301 posts)roamer65
(36,744 posts)PufPuf23
(8,750 posts)but I went for the basic wiki link.
Could explain the abstention UN votes by China and India.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)PufPuf23
(8,750 posts)from wiki:
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), also known as the Shanghai Pact,[2] is a transcontinental political, economic, and security alliance. In terms of geographic scope and population, it is the world's largest regional organization, covering approx. 60% of the area of Eurasia, 40% of the world population, and more than 20% of global GDP.[3]
The SCO is the successor to the Shanghai Five, a mutual security agreement formed in 1996 between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan. On 15 June 2001, the leaders of these nations and Uzbekistan met in Shanghai to announce a new organisation with deeper political and economic cooperation; the SCO Charter was signed on 7 July 2002 and entered into force on 19 September 2003. Its membership has since expanded to eight states, with India and Pakistan joining on 9 June 2017. Several countries are engaged as observers or partners.
The SCO is governed by the Heads of State Council (HSC), its supreme decision-making body, which meets once a year. Military exercises are also regularly conducted among members to promote cooperation and coordination against terrorism and other external threats, and to maintain regional peace and stability.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation