Keeping cordial ties with neighbours achievement of govt: Hina
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Monday, 28 January 2013 21:05 Posted by Shoaib-ur-Rehman Siddiqui
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2013 Source brecorder.com:
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that biggest achievement of the democratic government is maintaining of cordial relations with all regional countries including India, Afghanistan, China and Iran.
Talking to private television channel, Hina said that Pakistan is strongly committed to improving relations with India through dialogue.
She said that Pakistan's identity and foreign relations are not hostage to hostile events and domestic politics.
"The current democratic government played responsible role and believed in peace process through bilateral dialogue with India."
The Foreign Minister said that Pakistan has been formulating and practicing its foreign policy with consistency and without getting influenced by events and incidents.
She added that during Salala incident Pakistan went for parliamentary review and pragmatically tackled this hard issue and reassessed its ties with the United States.
She said that Pakistan has showed responsible behavior during crisis on Line of Control (LoC), which was appreciated by international community.
Replying to a question, she said Pakistan's two soldiers were killed and a number of troops were injured in LoC incident but despite this Pakistan followed diplomatic norms.
Hina said that Pakistan wants to evolve un-interrupted dialogue with India to solve all major problems for stability and economic progress in the region.
The Foreign Minister said that Pakistan has long history of dialogue with United States focusing on strengthening ties in areas of economy, defence and people to people contacts.
She added that during the last decade Pakistan-US relations were affected by situation in Afghanistan.
She said Pakistan has strong commitment to maintain peace and stability in Afghanistan as it is helpful for peace and stability in Pakistan.
Replying to another question, she said that Pakistan sacrificed 40,000 lives in war on terrorism and bore loss of $40 billion, which showed its commitment to sincere effort for peace in the region.
She said that Pakistan condemns use of violence against any nation for narrow interests.
She added that Pakistan's top most priority is to facilitate dialogue and peace according to aspirations and wishes of Afghan people and the government.
The Foreign Minster said drones attacks are counter productive as it creates sympathy for the militants.
Replying to another question, she said Pakistan emerged from huge internal and external challenges like natural catastrophes, war on terror, global economic crunch and energy crisis showing resilience of the whole nation.
