Pakistan rejects Russian FM claim on terrorist camps
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, June 25, IRNA
Pakistan-Russia
Pakistan on Saturday rejected Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov statement that terrorists are being trained in camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan with the help of former Taliban and members of Islamic movement of Uzbekistan.
Lavrov alleged in Moscow on Friday that militants in Central Asia'
were being training in camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"There are
no terrorist training camps in Pakistan. Pakistan would not allow any one to use its soil for terrorist activities against any other country," Foreign Office Spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani told state-run television.
"We have made tremendous sacrifices in fighting the menace of terrorism and our sacrifices and efforts have not only been praised but acknowledge by the international community," Mr Jilani said.
"I can say with full confidence that Pakistan has been rid of such elements to great extent," the Pakistani spokesman said.
He said Pakistan condemns all type of terrorism.
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