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Pakistani PM supports peaceful solution to Iran nuclear programme

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Oct 23, IRNA -- Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said Friday that Pakistan supports a peaceful solution to the Iranian nuclear issue.

“Any other course could have disastrous consequences for the region as a whole,” Prime Minister Gilani warned.

Talking to members of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association in Islamabad he said Iran is an important neighbour, a friend and a partner.

“We are working together with Iran to optimally realize the enormous potential of shared development,” Mr Gilani said.

“The Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project is one of the symbols of our quest for shared prosperity,” he said.

He said that Pakistan-Iran relations are deeply-rooted in history and spiritual and cultural bonds, adding that “We are improving relations with Iran”.

The Prime Minister said that Pakistan’s patience has run out about the U.S drone strikes in Pakistani territory. “I hope the U.S. will convince to revisit its policy of drone strikes in Pakistan”.

He said U.S. drones are not using Pakistani air fields, adding that the former government had allowed U.S. to use spy planes for reconnaissance flights but not to fire missiles. He said Pakistan and the U.S. has good defence cooperation and intelligence sharing system and 'if the U.S. has credible information about the presence of militants, they should share with Pakistan and Pakistani forces will take action'.

About Pakistan role in the Afghan peace process, Gilani said that Afghan government has not shared any roadmap for dialogue process with Taliban. “They had promised to share their peace plan with Pakistan and the U.S. but has not yet shared,” the Prime Minister said.

He said Islamabad supports Afghan-led and Afghan-driver peace process in the neighbouring country and that Pakistan is part of the Afghan solution and not a problem in the process.

About the U.S. pressure to launch military operation against the militants in North Waziristan tribal region, the Prime Minister said that the army will decide about the timings of any such operation.

He welcomed the announcement of visit to Pakistan by the U.S. President Barack Obama next year and said that he wanted Obama's visit to Islamabad should not be bracketed with his Indian visit.

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