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» Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Pakistan

Put that General Musharraf had said he would not resign, although he considered it, and that any election would be held under emergency powers, and asked for a reaction, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister and David Miliband set out the Government’s position earlier this week. The Commonwealth position, which we fully supported, called for the restoration of the constitution, the immediate release of detainees, removal of curbs on the media and rapid moves towards creation of free and fair elections.

Put that Musharraf’s comments did not seem to fall in line with that, the PMS replied that the Commonwealth had called for restoration of the constitution, and for rapid moves towards the creation of conditions for free and fair elections.

Asked if we still regarded Musharraf as an ally in the war against terror, the PMS replied that the internal issues in relation to Pakistan in terms of how they choose their leader was up to them. Our position was that we wanted to see constitutional processes restored and free and fair elections. But we did take our relationship with Pakistan very seriously.

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