OREANDA-NEWS. April 13, 2007. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's two-day official visit to Pakistan began with the signing of basic documents on trade and cooperation. Increased trade and cooperation on regional security should draw the countries closer together. Trade turnover between the countries was only $411 million in 2006. Pakistan supplies Russia with fruit and rise, and Russia ships newsprint, mineral fertilizer and metals to Pakistan.
 Evgeny Pronin, president of KamAZ Foreign Trade Co. signed an agreement on the assembly of KamAZ trucks in Pakistan. That assembly has already begun. Since late last year, 20 trucks have been built, and annual output will reach 4000.