FM says Pakistan not to allow any intrusion into its territory

ISLAMABAD : Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Pakistan would not allow any country to take action inside its territory.In an to a private television channel he said, “we cannot allow any other country to take action within our territory. This is the matter of our sovereignty and we cannot compromise on it”.
He said, the features of new government’s policy vis a vis counter terrorism are very clear.
Referring to around 2,000-km Pak-Afghan border, he said both the may face some difficulties in maintaining check on irregular border crossers.
The law enforcers from both the sides remain in constant contact with each other and share intelligence, he said.
Pakistan is firmly committed that it will take action if there is an actionable information with its law enforcing and intelligence agencies, he said adding but this action would be taken by the country’s law enforcing agencies.
The Minister said that new government will work hard for regional peace and stability.
He said that regional cooperation is an important phenomena in the contemporary world for the mutual benefit of all the partners and the government is alive to this fact.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that investment has deep linkage with the foreign policy in present world and of course the government will keep this dimension in serious focus.
Enhancement of economic relations with other countries is imperative, he said.
The Foreign Minister said that foreign policy has also deep relations with the country’s defence. Pakistan has no aggressive designs against any country but at the same time it has to remain vigilant and ensure adequate defence capability.
A just settlement of Kashmir issue would be another focus of the country’s foreign policy, he said adding: “we would like a settlement of this longstanding issue through dialogue in accordance with the wishes of Kashmiri people”.
He said the process of composite dialogue is already going on and the government will re-start it from the point where it was.
The Indian leadership has shown willingness for a visit of their foreign secretary in the near future to Pakistan and Indian FM will also make a visit here, he said.