ISTANBUL: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed upon installation of biometric system on borders by the end of this month.
Agreement
was reached during the meeting between the interior ministers of the
two countries. Interior minister Rehman Malik and Afghan interior
minister Bismillah Khan here Wednesday.
The two interior
ministers exchanged views on Pak-Afghan border situation and
installation of bio metric system on borders. Both the countries would
work together to control illegal border crossing and elimination of
terrorists.
Rehman Malik said Pakistan wanted peace in
Afghanistan. If peace prevails in Afghanistan then all the countries of
the region will achieve development.
Turkish interior minister
Idrees Naeem Shaheen also met Rehman Malik . It was decided during the
meeting that a joint task force would be established. It will look into
the matters of Pakistani national who reach Turkey through illegal way
and inform Pakistan about agents who are behind the human trafficking
so that action could be initiated against them.
Besides
initiation of measures for curbing human trafficking both the ministers
agreed that Turkey would extend cooperation in imparting training to
Pakistani police compatible with the requirements of contemporary age .
Turkish interior minister would soon visit Pakistan at the
invitation of Rehman Malik. Interior ministers of Pakistan, Afghanistan
and Turkey signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
In
keeping with this MOU, the three countries would work together for
controlling money laundering and smuggling, elimination of terrorism and
sharing of real time information.
Interior ministers of the
three countries signed MOU. President Asif Ali Zardari, Afghan president
Hamid Karzai and Turkish president Abdullah Gul were also present on
the occasion. Online
