Friday, July 30, 2010

Zardari defers UK visit after Cameron’s hostile remarks

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has postponed his visit to the UK after British Prime Minister David Cameron made hostile remarks against Pakistan in India, and now will be going on a three-day visit to France, starting from August 1.

Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit during his weekly press briefing denied that the president’s visit to UK has been cancelled, after the recent remarks of the British premier.

Basit said a programme for the president’s visit to the UK is being finalised and the dates would be announced at an appropriate time, adding that the visit has not been cancelled. President Zardari will be in France from Sunday to Wednesday for talks with French leaders on regional and global issues; trade and investment, and science and technology. Basit said trade between France and Pakistan reached $1.1 billion in 2009 and that approximately 70,000 Pakistanis live in France.

Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk

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