Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith Monday said, Australia will help Pakistan win war on terrorism and added we will allow increase in Pakistan's army personnel who come for training. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the two countries have discussed prospects of increasing cooperation in economic, trade, agriculture, livestock and defence fields. He said the two sides also discussed how they can enhance investment opportunities for Australia in Pakistan and in this connection pinpointed areas of oil and gas, mining, power generation, agriculture and dairy development. The Australian Foreign Minister said the two countries need to adopt an aggressive approach in consolidating cooperate in economy, trade and investment. He said Australia would also increase educational scholarships for Pakistan.
He said the two countries can benefit from each others' experience in different fields. He hoped that there would be regular consultations between chiefs of armed forces of the two countries. The Australian Foreign Minister said his country strongly supports democratic Pakistan. Replying to a question the Australian Foreign Minister described Swat agreement with Tehrik Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi as welcome development and said problems cannot be resolved through military means alone. He said there was also need to pursue dialogue and development as part of the counter-terrorism strategy. He also appreciated Pakistan's response to Indian dossier on Mumbai attacks and called for resumption of composite dialogue between the two countries. |