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Friday, December 13, 2013

We have no information on LoC wall: Pakistan

Islamabad, Dec 12: Pakistan has no information of reported plans to build a wall along the LoC and any "unilateral" action by India cannot make the ceasefire line the permanent border, PM's Advisor on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz has said.
Pakistan has not received any information from India about the construction of a structure like the Berlin Wall along the Line of Control, he said.
Any unilateral action in this regard by India "cannot declare the LoC as permanent border", Aziz was quoted as saying by state-run Radio Pakistan.



Aziz said strikes by US drones are a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty and they have proved counter-productive in the war against terror.
Though there has been a significant decrease in drone strikes this year‚ Pakistan wants an end to such attacks, he said. Pakistan has been actively raising the issue of drones at every international forum, he added.
On the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project‚ Aziz said both countries are negotiating three technical issues - an extension in the deadline for laying the pipeline‚ financing for the project and fixation of gas prices.
Ministerial level talks will be held on the project after the completion of technical talks. 
Meanwhile the Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif Thursday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and underscored the importance of resumption of the Indo-Pak dialogue process and peaceful resolution of all issues.
Shahbaz also delivered a message of goodwill from his elder brother and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while emphasising "Pakistan's desire to forge friendly and cooperative relations with India, in the interest of peace and prosperity of the people of the two countries and of the region," a Pakistan High Commission release said here.
Shahbaz Sharif is the No.2 in the ruling Pakistan Muslim League and the meeting assumes significance given the disappointment expressed by Singh over the progress on agreed outcome of the meeting between him and his Pakistani counterpart in New York in September. Shahbaz was accompanied by Special Assistant to Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi, Minister of State for Commerce Khurram Dastagir Khan and Provincial Minister for Education Rana Mashood Khan and High Commissioner Salman Bashir during the meeting which was "cordial, constructive and forward looking", the High Commission said.
The Chief Minister also underscored the importance of resumption of dialogue and peaceful resolution of all issues, it added.

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