MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin and Pakistani Deputy Foreign Minister Syed Haider Shah reaffirmed readiness to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation when they met in Islamabad on November 16, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

"The sides discussed the national experience of the two countries in the field of combating terrorism and extremism, exchanged assessments of current terrorist threats at the global and regional levels, reaffirmed readiness to strengthen constructive counterterrorism cooperation both bilaterally and as part of joint work in international organizations, primarily the UN and the SCO," the ministry said following the 10th meeting of the Russian-Pakistani working group on countering international terrorism and other security challenges

At a separate meeting, Vershinin and Shah also exchanged views on pressing issues on the international and regional agendas "with a focus on the situation in Afghanistan, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone and around Ukraine."

The sides paid special attention at the meeting to "the problem of countering radicalization, the fight against the use of modern technologies for terrorism purposes, the spread of terrorist and extremist ideology, financing and other material support for terrorism," the ministry said The next meeting of the working group will be held in Moscow in 2024 on a date that’s yet to be agreed.

Vershinin also held a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani.