Monday, November 05, 2007

Foreign minister Stoere regrets state of emergency in Pakistan

Jonas Gahr Stoere .

Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere says he regrets President Pervez Musharraf's introduction of a state of emergency in Pakistan.

Stoere says it is paticularly regretable when it interfers directly with the system of justice and the independence of the media.

- It always serious when normal democratic rules are set aside. In cooperation with other nations, we will try to work for Pakistan to hold parliamentary elections as planned, Stoere says.

Source: Norwegian Broadcating Corporation/Norway Post.

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