MOSCOW, December 2. /TASS/. The gaps there once were between Moscow and Islamabad have been closed, and the bilateral dialogue is becoming increasingly proactive, Speaker of the National Assembly, or the lower house of Pakistan's parliament, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq told TASS in an interview.

Sadiq said the dialogue was becoming "easier and increasingly proactive" when asked to comment on the level of interaction between the parliaments of Pakistan and Russia.

"In the past few years, numerous meetings have been held. There once were gaps between Russia and Pakistan, but they appear to have been closed. There is interest on both sides, so I see a lot of positive things in upcoming meetings. I feel our relations will really develop very well," he concluded.