Foreign office’s statement: ‘Committed to better trade relations’
Foreign ministry spokesperson says necessary steps being taken to implement decision on granting MFN status to India.
Foreign ministry spokesperson says necessary steps being taken to implement decision on granting MFN status to India. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan said on Thursday that it was committed to normalising trade relations with India, despite recent border clashes that had threatened to unravel the peace process between the two nuclear armed countries.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Moazzam Ali Khan told reporters that authorities were taking necessary steps to implement the decision on granting most favoured nation (MFN) status to India.
“The government remains committed to its decision to have normal trade relations with India and the concerned authorities have been instructed to take necessary steps to implement the decision,” Khan said.
His statement comes amid fears that the process of normalisation may come to a halt between Pakistan and India after recent tensions over the exchange of fire at the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region.
The spokesperson described as “non-serious and ridiculous” recent reports that the Indian authorities distributed pamphlets among the people of occupied Kashmir to warn them of a possible nuclear war with Pakistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 25th, 2013.
Pakistan said on Thursday that it was committed to normalising trade relations with India, despite recent border clashes that had threatened to unravel the peace process between the two nuclear armed countries.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Moazzam Ali Khan told reporters that authorities were taking necessary steps to implement the decision on granting most favoured nation (MFN) status to India.
“The government remains committed to its decision to have normal trade relations with India and the concerned authorities have been instructed to take necessary steps to implement the decision,” Khan said.
His statement comes amid fears that the process of normalisation may come to a halt between Pakistan and India after recent tensions over the exchange of fire at the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region.
The spokesperson described as “non-serious and ridiculous” recent reports that the Indian authorities distributed pamphlets among the people of occupied Kashmir to warn them of a possible nuclear war with Pakistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 25th, 2013.