Thursday, July 9, 2009
Bangladesh struggles to tame violent militants
Violent militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan get more attention, but militant groups also challenge South Asia's other Muslim nation, Bangladesh, worrying neighbors and countries with Bangladeshi workers or immigrants.
Militants in the low-lying nation of some 150 million people threaten its young democratic government's efforts to achieve stability, and raise fears the groups will connect with and strengthen extremist international networks.
The violent Islamists' presence also discourages much needed aid and investment.
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Militants in the low-lying nation of some 150 million people threaten its young democratic government's efforts to achieve stability, and raise fears the groups will connect with and strengthen extremist international networks.
The violent Islamists' presence also discourages much needed aid and investment.
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Labels: Afghanistan, bangladeshi workers, immigrants, militant groups, muslim nation, pakistan, South Asia, violent militants
Monday, October 6, 2008
Rice, Zardari, European Union formally launch Friends of Pakistan
Countries of the South Asia can make a positive contribution to solving Pakistan's problems indicated President Asif Ali Zardari.
He was responding to questions after the lengthy meeting of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdallah bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan and other European Union representatives at the United Nations, where they launched the Friends of Pakistan as a formal organization.
"The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Turkey, and representatives of China, the European Union and the United Nations met under the co-chairmanship of President Zardari of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Foreign Ministers of United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States, to launch the Friends of Pakistan Group in New York on September 26," said a statement released by the Washington based Friends of Pakistan.
"We've had a very constructive day today, and we've all revisited - thought about revisiting it, and making it (Friends of Pakistan) a permanent body as such," Zardari said.
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He was responding to questions after the lengthy meeting of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdallah bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan and other European Union representatives at the United Nations, where they launched the Friends of Pakistan as a formal organization.
"The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Turkey, and representatives of China, the European Union and the United Nations met under the co-chairmanship of President Zardari of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Foreign Ministers of United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States, to launch the Friends of Pakistan Group in New York on September 26," said a statement released by the Washington based Friends of Pakistan.
"We've had a very constructive day today, and we've all revisited - thought about revisiting it, and making it (Friends of Pakistan) a permanent body as such," Zardari said.
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To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: Abdallah bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan, Condoleezza Rice, David Miliband, Friends of Pakistan, launch, Pakistan's problems, President Asif Ali Zardari, South Asia, UAE Foreign Minister, UN
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