In recent years ties between Russia and Pakistan have warmed as a countermeasure to warming ties between India and the United States , the two countries carried out their first-ever joint military drills in 2016 despite Indian requests to postpone due to the Uri attack . Pakistan and Russia signed an agreement for the North-South gas pipeline from Lahore to Karachi , and reached a price accord by December 2016 . Pakistan has also granted Russia access to a warm water port in the Arabian sea Gwadar Port
Uri attack
2016 Uri attack
Pakistan–Russia relations