“DILEMMAS OF DEMOCRACY: WORK IN PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN” Speech by RT Hon David Miliband MP Foreign Secretary (21/05/08)

BRITISH MUSLIM DELEGATION VISIT PAKISTAN

The United Kingdom and Pakistan are close and historic allies and friends. With around 1 million British citizens claiming Pakistani heritage, US$2bn worth of trade flowing between our two countries each year, and almost 10,000 Pakistanis studying in the UK, there is much that unites us.

Read a message from the High Commissioner Robert Brinkley here.

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