Pakistan: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Monday his visit to India to watch the World Cup cricket semi-final between the two countries was in the “national interest”.
Gilani accepted an invitation from his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh to attend the match after a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday.
“I have decided to avail of this opportunity in national interest,” an official statement quoted Gilani as telling a meeting of the federal cabinet in Islamabad.
“It is also a timely opportunity for the two Governments to show to the world that the two nations can play together as well as sit and deliberate together on issues of national importance,” he said.
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