President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan is looking towards UK for support in the EU for trade concessions and for inclusion in GSP Plus list.
This he said while talking to British Member of Parliament, former UK Foreign Secretary David Wright Miliband, who called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr here on Wednesday. On the occasion UK High Commissioner Adam Thomson and Secretary General to the President Salman Faruqui were also present.
President said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with the UK as a friend and a genuine development partner.
“Our friendly relations based on mutual respect, trust and cooperation, there was a need to undertake concerted efforts for translating the strength of our equation into economic terms and to achieve the mutual trade targets set under Pakistan-UK Trade and Investment Roadmap” Zardari added. .
He said that Pakistan has abiding interest in peace and stability of Afghanistan and would continue to support Afghan-owned and Afghan led reconciliation process in Afghanistan.
The President reiterated government’s resolve to continue its fight against the militants till its logical conclusion and said that the militants through their dastardly acts were showing their true face to the entire world.
He also referred to the menace of illicit drugs and narco-trade which was serving as financial backbone for the militants. The President said that Pakistan would be hosting a regional conference in November this year on counter narcotics to promote a real-time substantive regional cooperation for effectively addressing the issue of drug production and trafficking.
David Miliband thanked the President for meeting and appreciated the sacrifices of the people of Pakistan in the war against militants.
Zardari looks to UK for eu trade concession
