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Are Pakistan and Russia forming an alliance? Not without China, says expert
Analysts were quick to note a new friendship which appears to be blossoming between Pakistan and Russia. The Russian Deputy Chief of General Staff Colonel General Israkov Sergi Yuryevich was hosted by Peshawar Corps Commander Lt-Gen Nazir Ahmed Butt on a visit to North and South Waziristan just a few days ago.
But is it too soon to draw any conclusions about the relations between the two states, especially given the complicated history?
"This is an interesting and unusual development. The military relations between the countries are growing rapidly but we cannot be so forward as to call it an alliance yet," Pakistan's former military attaché to Afghanistan Brigadier (retd) Saad Muhammad said during a talk show on Dunya News.