President Klaus to chair EU-Pakistan summit in Brussels

Czech President Václav Klaus will chair the first ever EU-Pakistan summit in Brussels on Wednesday, it has been announced. The Czech president will hold the meeting alongside European Commission President Jose Barosso and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. Top of the agenda is expected to be the fight against terrorism in Pakistan. Recently, the EU’s anti-terrorist coordinator Gilles de Kerchove said that the security risk Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan posed Europe was ‘evident’.

Author: Rosie Johnston