Russia says US will hinder its energy cooperation with Pakistan after threatening India & China

Russia on Monday accused the US of publicly shamelessly and arrogantly threatening countries like India China and Turkey to prevent them from doing business with it and said Washington will now hinder Moscows cooperation with Islamabad in the energy sphereThe comments by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov came at a press conference with visiting Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari hereAlso read 46 killed over 100 injured in Taliban suicide attack at mosque in Pakistans PeshawarThe United States almost to everyone publicly shamelessly and quite arrogantly says that you cannot do business with Russia There have been threats against China recently as well as against India Turkey and Egypt There is not a single country that the United States would not send such neocolonial messages to Lavrov was quoted as saying by the official Tass news agencyThe US has repeatedly warned countries against doing business with entities subject to US curbs as Washington cracks down on Russian attempts to evade sanctions imposed over its war in UkraineAs regards the United States they will hinder our deals in the energy sphere they will certainly stand in the way he saidBilawals first visit to Moscow comes after a highlevel Russian delegation led by energy minister Nikolay Shulginov visited Pakistan recently to explore possibilities of providing oil to cashstrapped PakistanThe overwhelming majority of countries including Pakistan are governed primarily by their national interests the Russian top diplomat saidLavrov also said that progress is expected soon regarding the talks on the construction of the Pakistan Stream PipelineThe issue is already at an advanced stage of consideration I am confident that there will be progress in the near future he saidSpecial attention was paid to this issue during the meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation of the two countries staged in Islamabad in January 2023 Lavrov notedRussia is ready to sign the necessary corporate documents for the construction of the Pakistan Stream gas pipeline Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov said earlierThe Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline is a Russian proposed pipeline stretching from Karachi to the city of Kasur in Punjab Pakistan It is a 1100 kmlong project which is contracted by the Pakistani government to be built by RussiaDuring the press conference Lavrov also accused the West of engaging in acts of terrorism against Russia and sabotaging its interestsWe are aware of the actions our Western colleagues can resort to Not merely to threats of secondary sanctions but also to direct acts of terrorism just as it was with the sabotage at the Nord Stream and the Nord Stream 2 Lavrov addedOn September 26 2022 the pressure dropped at both Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines that run from Russia to Europe under the Baltic Three separate leaks were recorded off the coasts of Denmark and Sweden a few dozen kilometres apartBoth lines of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline were impacted along with one line of Nord Stream 2Officials from countries in the region have said sabotage was a likely cause of the incidentThe West and Russia have accused each other of the attackThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever