The country faces an acute energy shortage amid surging gas prices and a lack of available LNG in the global market Pakistan’s ambassador to Russia, Shafqat Ali Khan, said on Monday that his country is “highly interested in LNG supplies” from Russia, adding that Moscow and Islamabad are in talks on the matter.

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Ankara seeks to formally join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Turkey’s president has said Turkey seeks accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. The remark came after the summit of the group wrapped up in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Erdogan took part in this year’s event as a special guest.