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Saturday, January 31, 2009
By Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Friday that Pak-Afghan cooperation would be made more effective to accomplish success in the war against terrorism.
The president said this in a meeting with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was also present on the occasion. The meeting discussed Pak-Afghan relations, the situation on borders, in the region as well as the war on terror.
President Zardari said the terrorist elements would not be allowed to use the Pakistani soil against any other country nor would they be allowed to impose their own agenda on the people.
The president stressed the need for boosting bilateral trade ties between the two countries. The Afghan foreign minister conveyed to President Zardari the message of greetings of President Hamid Karzai.
APP adds: Pakistan and Afghanistan expressed readiness to strengthen cooperation during a brief visit to Islamabad on Friday by Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, the foreign ministry said.
Spanta held talks with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a statement of the ministry said. “The two foreign ministers expressed satisfaction over the ongoing multi-track bilateral cooperation and expressed readiness to strengthen it both at strategic and tactical levels,” the statement said, adding, they also discussed international issues of mutual interest.
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