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71229
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 22:41
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EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF VISITS PAKISTAN FOR TALKS WITH LEADERS
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (Bernama) -- European Union (EU) High Representative
for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Javier Solana, is due to
visit Pakistan Monday for talks with the country's leadership.
He will make a two-day stop in the country on his way to attend the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regional forum meetings
Wednesday and Thursday in Phuket, Thailand.
In Pakistan, Solana will meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister
Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi and
Interior Minister Rehman Malik, the European Council said in a statement to
Bernama from Brussels.
Solana is expected to discuss the latest developments in Pakistan and the
region with the Pakistani leaders.
He will also express the EU's strong support for democracy in Pakistan and
for the efforts carried out by the Pakistani authorities to reinforce security
throughout the country, strengthen the rule of law and underline the importance
of Pakistan for the stability of the entire region.
The High Representative will also visit a camp of internally displaced
people.
-- BERNAMA
for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Javier Solana, is due to
visit Pakistan Monday for talks with the country's leadership.
He will make a two-day stop in the country on his way to attend the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regional forum meetings
Wednesday and Thursday in Phuket, Thailand.
In Pakistan, Solana will meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister
Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi and
Interior Minister Rehman Malik, the European Council said in a statement to
Bernama from Brussels.
Solana is expected to discuss the latest developments in Pakistan and the
region with the Pakistani leaders.
He will also express the EU's strong support for democracy in Pakistan and
for the efforts carried out by the Pakistani authorities to reinforce security
throughout the country, strengthen the rule of law and underline the importance
of Pakistan for the stability of the entire region.
The High Representative will also visit a camp of internally displaced
people.
-- BERNAMA