Pakistan Economic Ties With EU During Musharraf Government

THE visit by Pakistan’s foreign affairs minister, Khurshid Kasuri, to Brussels this week and his meetings with key European Union officials with help both sides strengthen bilateral political and economic ties.

Overshadowed earlier by the treatment meted out to Senator Sami-ul-Haq, the talks in Brussels focused on Pakistani exports to the EU, the financial assistance promised by the EU to Pakistan and the signing of a re-admission agreement between the two.

Under this agreement, the EU will send back Pakistani nationals that have arrived in Europe without propel travel documents. For Pakistan, the importance of the EU cannot be overemphasized. This is a group of 25 countries that act jointly in areas such as agriculture, commerce, foreign policy, justice, the environment, social policy as well as economic and monetary policy.

 

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