According to Mr. Kasouri, sharing expertise in combating international terrorism is of vital importance to both Pakistan and Russia.
"We are both facing this challenge and therefore the exchange of information between our special services may be of vital importance," he said. To illustrate his words, the Minister pointed to a recent operation on the Pakistani-Afghani border, in which Pakistani security forces liquidated dozens of terrorists of varying ethnic origin, including Chechens, Uzbeks, and Arabs.
The head of Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed his condolences to the families of all those killed and wounded in last week's terrorist attack on a school in the southern Russian town of Beslan.
"I would like to emphasize that no religion can justify terrorism, no ends can justify the murder of innocent women and children," Kasouri stressed.
He said he is planning to discuss ant-terrorist cooperation between Islamabad and Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, as the two of them meet in New York later this month.
