Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo Pakistan i ka hiki ke hoʻoponopono i ke kālepa me Rūsia ma nā rubles a i ʻole yuan, ua haʻi aku ʻo Pelekikena Trade Association ʻo Pakistan ʻo Zahid Ali Khan i nā mea hoʻolaha ma ka 27.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ali Khan, "Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ke kālepa ʻana i nā kālā US, he pilikia ia ...... Ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou e hoʻohana i nā rubles a i ʻole yuan, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻoholo hope ʻia ka pilikia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua makemake ka mākeke Pakistan i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā huahana Lūkini, me nā huahana kemika a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua wehewehe ʻo Ali Khan, "ʻIke mākou i nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pilina Lūkini-Pakistani. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoiaʻiʻo, (makemake ʻo Pakistan i) nā kemika Lūkini, nā huahana ʻenehana, pepa ...... Pono mākou i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO kēia nā pilikia e hana nei. "
I Malaki i kēia makahiki, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Islamabad a me Moscow i nā kuʻikahi kālepa koʻikoʻi e pili ana i nā pilikia e like me ka lawe ʻana mai o ʻelua miliona tonnes o ka palaoa a me nā lako kinoea. I Pepeluali, ua hui ke Kuhina Nui o Pakistan ʻo Imran Khan me ka Pelekikena Lūkini Vladimir Putin e kūkākūkā i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā pilina kalepa bilateral. Ua kūkākūkā pū lāua ʻelua i ka pipeline kinoea ʻo Pakistan Stream, kahi paipu 1,100-kilomita (683-mile) i ʻae ʻia i ka makahiki 2015 e kūkulu ʻia e nā hui Pakistani a me Lūkini. ʻO ka papahana i kākoʻo kālāʻia e Moscow a me Islamabad a e kūkuluʻia e nā meaʻaelike Lūkini.