July 16, 2015
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Zardari terms Iran’s deal a game changer in region
ISLAMABAD: Former president and PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has welcomed the deal struck in Vienna on Tuesday between Iran and five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany (P5+1) over the Iranian nuclear programme.
He said that the deal is “a far reaching development that holds the potential of a game changer in the region”.
“The agreement is a triumph of diplomacy and negotiations over coercion and hostility and is most welcomed,” he added.
An Iran cooperating with the world raises the prospects and hopes for peace, stability and development in the region, he said. The test now is for all sides to uphold their commitments in letter and spirit, he further said.
Zardari expressed the hope that both the parties would fulfil their agreed on commitments. He also called upon the Pakistani government to seize the moment and translate the dream of the Iran Pakistan Gas Pipeline project into a reality which was formally initiated by the PPP government. He said that the nuclear deal opens the doors for the pipeline project and thereby resolving Pakistan’s lingering and crippling energy crisis.
The former president said that a great lesson of the Iran and P5+1 deal is that given perseverance, patience and commitment nations can overcome decades of hostility and move towards building structures of peace. Dialogue and negotiations and not hostility and animosity are also the way forward for peace, stability
and development in South Asia, he added.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk