US to push for Pakistan economic support at G8 meeting
WASHINGTON: The US will ask major industrialised nations to expand their economic support for Pakistan at this week’s meeting of G8 foreign ministers to help Islamabad deal with the “enormous humanitarian challenge” of helping the internally displaced persons. Undersecretary for Political Affairs William Burns will represent the US at a series of meetings on Pakistan and Afghanistan from June 25-26 in the Italian city of Trieste. “We’ll put a particular focus at this meeting on what they can do to help Pakistan, in particular, to bolster Pakistan’s civilian government and its efforts to combat the Taliban and extremists,” a senior State Department spokesman told journalists. He said the US would be looking for any means, both military and humanitarian, by which the G8 could help Pakistan. app
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