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Pakistani PM condemns US drone attacks

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Feb 17, IRNA - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani continued condemnation of US drone attacks on the country's tribal region and said the attacks will produce no results.

The condemnation came shortly after US drone fired three missiles on the country's tribal region of Kurrum agency, which killed over 20 people.

"Pakistan has always condemned such attacks and will continue to do so," the prime minister told reporters in Islamabad.

"I have already stated that these are counterproductive and not in the interest of the country," the prime minister said

Gilani said the American people have also voted for change and the US policies around the world are witnessing a shift from the past.

To a question about launching of US predator aircraft from within the country, the prime minister said the comments were based on some news report and have already been contradicted.

To a question about a deal about the settling of Islamic courts in the restive parts of northwest, the prime minister said the peace deal will be beneficial for the country and was part of government's policy of dialogue, development and deterrence.

The government has opted to hold dialogue as it believed that use of force was not the only solution, he said. "The provincial government is talking to the jirgas, and if
successful, it will be beneficial for the country," he said and added the peace deal was part of government's three-pronged policy.

Gilani, when asked about the US opposition to such peace deals in the past, said, he had apprised President Bush, the Congressmen and others, when they visited Pakistan that military option was not the only solution to tackle with the issue of militancy.