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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Merkel hopes Pakistan will change mind
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday, she was “very sorry” about Pakistan’s announced boycott of a Bonn conference next week on the future of Afghanistan and would try to convince it to attend. Merkel said, “Germany would see what could be done to change” Islamabad’s decision to stay away from the meeting in the western German city, taken in protest at NATO air strikes which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.” “We are both interested in constructive development of Afghanistan,” Merkel told reporters at a joint press conference with visiting King Abdullah II of Jordan. “Which is why I consider the conference hosted by the German foreign minister to be very important. We always said that conflicts can only be resolved in the region and Pakistan is part of this region which is why we are very sorry that this cancellation came today.” agencies
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk