 [Geo News] British Foreign Secretary David Miliband today called his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi to get information about Swat operation and the internally displaced persons. British Foreign Secretary Miliband telephoned Qureshi on his way to Turkey from Greece. On this occasion, Qureshi apprised Miliband of the progress and successes achieved in an ongoing military operation against militants in Malakand. He said that the government would spare no efforts to help the displaced civilians with the cooperation of international community.
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The foreign minister further said that Pakistan needed more cooperation from the world for provision of relief to more than 2 million displaced persons. Miliband assured that the Britain would offer every possible cooperation to Pakistan for the rehabilitation of the IDPs. Two foreign ministers also exchanged views on the next European Union summit to be held in Brussels on June 17. |