Canada Calls for Further Action by the Government of Pakistan

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December 15, 2007
No. 178
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following
statement on developments in Pakistan:
“Canada welcomes President Musharraf’s lifting of the state of emergency and stepping
down as Chief of the Army Staff. We recognize these as positive steps.
“However, we encourage the Government of Pakistan to create the conditions
necessary for free and fair elections, including allowing electoral oversight by an
independent judiciary, releasing all persons detained during the state of emergency,
and lifting all restrictions on the media.
“The Government of Canada supports the right of the people of Pakistan to enjoy the
democratic rights and freedoms to which all peoples are entitled. We have repeatedly
expressed this, in keeping with Canada’s foreign policy values of freedom, democracy,
human rights and rule of law.”
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