🇷🇺🇵🇰 May 1 marks the 78th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and Pakistan. 📷 Here are some of the key milestones in bilateral engagement over the past year: 1. President of Russia Vladimir Putin holds talks with Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing on the sidelines of the SCO Summit (September 2, 2025). 2. Vladimir Putin meets with Shehbaz Sharif in Ashgabat (December 12, 2025). 3. Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Valentina Matvienko holds talks with Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani during his visit to Russia (May 11–14, 2025). 4. Valentina Matvienko meets Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in Istanbul on the sidelines of the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (April 18, 2026). 5. A delegation from the Federation Council and the State Duma of Russia, led by Deputy Speakers Konstantin Kosachev and Alexander Babakov, visits Islamabad to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Speakers' Conference (November 11–12, 2025). 6. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister of Pakistan Ishaq Dar on the sidelines of ASEAN and SCO Foreign Ministers’ Meetings in Kuala Lumpur and Tianjin (July 10 and 15, 2025). 7. Ishaq Dar visits Moscow to participate in the SCO Heads of Government meeting and holds talks with Sergey Lavrov (November 17–18, 2025). 8. Syed Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan holds talks with Sergey Lavrov and Yuri Ushakov, Aide to the President of Russia (June 3–4, 2025). 9. Russia-Pakistan “Druzhba” joint tactical exercises take place in Volgograd (September 2025). 10. The 10th meeting of the Russia-Pakistan Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, and Technical Cooperation is held in Islamabad (November 25–27, 2025). Three memoranda of understanding are signed on its sidelines, alongside with a business forum with participation from over 40 companies. 11. A joint concert is held featuring the Lyudmila Zykina State Academic Russian Folk Ensemble “Russia” and a Pakistani creative group (November 26, 2025). 12. A bust of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is inaugurated in Islamabad (November 27, 2025).