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| Britain backs joint efforts with Pakistan on militants: Miliband |
| 2007-07-27 |
| Britain will work with Pakistan to fight militants on the Afghan border, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday, noting all sides must work more effectively in the struggle. “We’ve got a strong partnership with the government of Pakistan on counter-terrorism measures,” Miliband told Reuters as he wound up a visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan. “Our determination is to work with the government of Pakistan,” he said. He refused to “get into ruling in or out hypotheticals” and said his words should speak for themselves. But Miliband said Pakistan, Afghanistan and Britain, as well as other allies, needed to step up counter-terrorism efforts. “We all want to do more. We’ve all got to make sure our combined efforts achieve as much as possible,” he said. He steered clear of criticising Afghan President Hamid Karzai or President Gen Pervez Musharraf for not doing enough on terrorism, adding he had listened rather than lectured on his first trip outside Europe since Prime Minister Gordon Brown named him foreign secretary last month. Miliband, 42, met Karzai, British troops, civilian officials and Musharraf during his tour of the countries that began on Tuesday. |
| Posted by:Fred |