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» Thursday, November 24, 2005

Pakistan Meeting

Asked for a description of today’s meeting between the Prime Minister and officials from Pakistan, the PMOS said that the purpose of the meeting had been to try and make sure that everything had been done to help Pakistan through the winter it included representatives of the UN, NATO, Aid agencies, Pakistan Community representatives, MPs, private sector representatives, and British contributors to the appeal. (see introduction for details) Asked if part of the reason for the meeting had been the high level of former Pakistani nationals who lived in the UK, the PMOS said that was a very fair question. Obviously there was a need which in and of itself had to be met, but there was a linkage between the large Pakistani community here and Pakistan which underlined our role in trying to be helpful.

Asked if we were worried that some countries in the world had forgotten about this tragedy, the PMOS said that he believed that the UK had donated the second highest amount of aid to Pakistan in the world. Obviously the Prime Minister believed that the world community should do its utmost for Pakistan, but we were determined that we didn’t fall behind in our efforts.

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