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Treat Pakistan at par with India, Gilani tells EU
[Dawn] Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has called upon the European Union (EU) to treat Pakistan at par with India and accord it the same access in civil nuclear technology as given to India.
When Pakistan acts like India, it will be treated like India. So long as Pakistan in a world center of jihadi terror, the difference in treatment will be like a gem-encrusted elephant goad.
Gilani was addressing the troika of EU Ambassadors comprising the Ambassadors of Sweden, Spain and EU who called on him at the Prime Minister's House today.

The ambassadors briefed the PM on EU's action plan on Pakistan as approved by the EU's External Relation Council at the end of October 2009.

The Prime Minister emphasised that the European Union must realise that its relations with Pakistan are to be developed on a stand-alone basis and not for the reasons of Pakistan's contiguity with Afghanistan.

The EU ambassadors assured that it would help Pakistan build the capacity of its law enforcement agencies and in the establishment of technical and vocational training institutions apart from assisting in reforms of various socio-economic sectors.
Posted by: Fred 2010-02-14
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=290447