Envoys’ conference underway in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: A two-day conference of 15 Pakistan ambassadors and high commissioners under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is underway here today, Geo News reported.

According to sources, the main agenda of the meeting is to review the foreign policy along with terms of engagement with the US and ISAF in war on terror after Nato attacked Pakistani check post that killed 24 soldiers.

The key ambassadors appointed in different countries have reached Islamabad to attend the conference. Sources told that they would be given special task of conveying Nato’s brutality to the international community along with the outcomes of the strikes on Pakistani check post in their respective countries.

Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit said that the envoys’ conference would deliberate on different aspects of the foreign policy of Pakistan. He told the foreign policy is being reviewed under the directives from the decisions taken by Federal Cabinet and its Defence Committee especially on the issue of Pakistan’s relations with Nato and US in the backdrop of Nato attacks.

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir would brief the conference members about the steps taken after Nato’s strikes.

According to government sources, the government has decided that Nato supply will not be resumed until the US, Nato and ISAF would not apologize for the attack in writing.