Saturday, April 12, 2008

No Pakistani Change in helping against LTTE

Despite recent changes in the Pakistani government following elections there will be no changes of policy in the country’s attitude towards Sri Lanka’s problem of terrorism said Pakistani President Pervez Musharaf.

He asserted to his Sri Lankan counterpart President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sanya in Hainang island that Pakistan will stand by its South Asian friend, Sri Lanka in its struggle to eradicate terrorism.
Pervez told Rajapaksa, “There will be absolutely no change in our attitude towards Sri Lanka.”

President Rajapaks is in China for the second time in 14 months at the invitation of the Chinese President Hu Jintao to participate in the Boao Forum to which the Pakistani President also came to participate.
The new Pakistani Foreign Minister Sha Mahmud and and Defense Minister Ahamad Mukthar joined the Pakistani President in his discussions with the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The Pakistan President during the course of the discussions said there is an immediate need to expand the scope of the Free Trade Agreement between both countries. The two countries have doubled their trade within one year since the inception of the trade agreement.

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http://www.sinhalaya.com/news/english/wmview.php?ArtID=15115

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