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| President seeks US market access for Pak goods
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Monday called upon the United States to allow market access to Pakistani goods to help the country overcome problems of poverty and unemployment as a mean to fight militancy and extremism.
In a meeting with US Director National Intelligence Dennis C Blair, who called on him on Monday afternoon at the Presidency, Zardari said the war against militancy had political ownership and a broad based national consensus in Pakistan and the government is fated to win this war.
Blair said that the US and international community was willing to help Pakistan in its fight against militants. “The fight against extremists is a collective responsibility of the international community and the world is ready to assist Pakistan,” he said.
The United States is committed to a long-term partnership with Pakistan to ensure its political and economic stability, Blair said.Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Secretary General M Salman Faruqui and Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir also attended the meeting. | |
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