Pakistan to Push Ahead with Defence Co-operation

Announcing a fresh US$ 31 million package of military assistance to Sri Lanka, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Inamul Haq said in Islamabad yesterday that his country would push ahead with defense cooperation to Sri Lanka, notwithstanding objections from India, though not made formally, or concerns expressed privately.

"We will continue to assist Sri Lanka to fight LTTE terrorism despite India's "unofficial objections" or "private concerns" because no third country has a right to place limitations on an independent and sovereign nation", he told the visiting seven-member Sri Lankan Media delegation which called on him in the Pakistani capital yesterday morning.

He said that the Pakistani government earlier provided a US$ 50 million defense package to Sri Lanka and will continue to help the island nation to crush terrorism. "No third country can object to this because both Sri Lanka and Pakistan are independent countries battling the scourge of terrorism"

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