ISLAMABAD: The EU Ambassador-Head of EU Delegation to Pakistan Lar
Gunnar Wigmark Thursday acknowledged Pakistan’s role in war against
terror and urged for strong Pak-Afghan relations while talking with
Senator Salim Saifullah Khan.
President Pakistan Muslim League
and Chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Salim Saifullah
Khan said that more than forty thousand Pakistanis have sacrificed their
lives in war against terror and its economy has suffered more than 70
bi lion dollars.
He has highlighted that Pakistan is fighting
this war for the sack of world peace and urged that international
community should extend its full support to Pakistan to help its economy
at this critical time. He has also urged the EU ambassador to play his
active role for Pakistani products access to European Markets, as it
would help the crippled economy of Pakistan.
He also showed
confidence that Pakistan had full capability to come over its financial
challenges with the support of international community not by aid but by
trade. He showed his grave concern that Drone Technology was more
serious threat to world peace and dangerous as compared to Nuclear
Technology due to which the world was becoming unsafe place.
He
said that EU and Pakistan enjoyed good bilateral relations however urged
upon for further promotion of bilateral and trade relations. He told
that Pakistan and Afghanistan lived together for centuries and their
good relations were neither important for both the countries, but also
for the whole region. EU Ambassador-Head of EU Delegation to Pakistan
Lar Gunnar Wigmark acknowledged Pakistan role in War against Terror and
said that Pakistan sacrifices in war against terror were gigantic and
Pakistan was playing this war for the sack of world’s peace.
He
highlighted that strong Pak-Afghan relations were not only in the
interest of both the countries but also guarantee of peace, security
prosperity and development of the whole region. He also assured Chairman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he would play his active role
to grant access to Pakistani products in EU markets. Online
