quinta-feira, 5 de agosto de 2010

Pakistani president, UK prime minister to meet despite terror row


(CNN) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday for an informal dinner despite remarks by the latter on Islamabad's handling of terrorism.
The two will also have a formal meeting at Cameron's Chequers country retreat on Friday, the prime minister's office said.
On a trip to Bangalore, India, last week, Cameron told an audience that Pakistan should not export terror.
"We want to see a strong and a stable and a democratic Pakistan," Cameron said. "But we cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country is allowed to look both ways and is able in any way to promote the export of terror, whether to India or whether to Afghanistan, or anywhere else in the world".
In response, Pakistan canceled its spy chief's planned visit to the United Kingdom to discuss security cooperation between the nations, said a Pakistani military official, who asked not to be named because he was not supposed to talk to the media. CNN