📄 26689.htm
字号:
锘?!DOCTYPE html PUBliC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Pakistan Withdraws Pledge to Send Spy Chief to India - VOA Standard English In 2008</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta content="all" name="robots"/><meta content="VOA Standard English In 2008, Pakistan Withdraws Pledge to Send Spy Chief to India" name="description" /><meta content="VOA Standard English In 2008" name="keywords" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/style.css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-small.css" title="Small Text" /><link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-medium.css" title="Medium Text" /><link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-large.css" title="Large Text" /></head><body><div><img id="logo" src="/images/voa.gif" alt="VOA" /></div><div id="nav"><a title="VOA" href="http://www.51voa.com/"><b>缇庡浗涔嬮煶</b></a> > <a href="http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Standard_English/index.html">VOA Standard English</a> > <a href="http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Standard_1.html">VOA Standard English In 2008</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="/images/notice.js"></script></div><div id="leftMainContainer"><div id="leftNav"><div class="leftN_title">VOA Standard English</div><ul><li><a href="/VOA_Standard_1.html">VOA Standard English <img src=/images/new.gif border=0></a></li> <li><a href="/VOA_Standard_1_archiver.html">VOA Standard English Archives </a></li> </ul><div class="leftN_title">VOA Special English</div><ul><li><a href="/Development_Report_1.html">Development Report</a></li><li><a href="/This_is_America_1.html">This is America</a></li><li><a href="/Agriculture_Report_1.html">Agriculture Report</a></li><li><a href="/Science_in_the_News_1.html">Science in the News</a></li><li><a href="/Health_Report_1.html">Health Report</a></li><li><a href="/Explorations_1.html">Explorations</a></li><li><a href="/Education_Report_1.html">Education Report</a></li><li><a href="/The_Making_of_a_Nation_1.html">The Making of a Nation</a></li><li><a href="/Economics_Report_1.html">Economics Report</a></li><li><a href="/American_Mosaic_1.html">American Mosaic</a></li><li><a href="/In_the_News_1.html">In the News</a></li><li><a href="/American_Stories_1.html">American Stories</a></li><li><a href="/Words_And_Their_Stories_1.html">Words And Their Stories</a></li><li><a href="/People_in_America_1.html">People in America</a></li></ul><div class="leftN_title">VOA English Learning</div><ul><li><a href="/Word_Master_1.html">Wordmaster</a></li><li><a href="/Learn_A_Word_1.html">Learn A Word</a></li><li><a href="/Bilingual_News_1.html">Bilingual News</a></li><li><a href="/American_Cafe_1.html">American Cafe</a></li><li><a href="/Popular_American_1.html">Popular American</a></li><li><a href="/Business_Etiquette_1.html">Business Etiquette</a></li><li><a href="/Sports_English_1.html">Sports English</a></li><li><a href="/Words_And_Idioms_1.html">Words And Idioms</a></li><li><a href="/Intermediate_American_English_1.html">Intermediate American English</a></li></ul></div><div id="rightContainer"><span class="title">Pakistan Withdraws Pledge to Send Spy Chief to India</span><div id="contentAds"><script type="text/javascript"><!--google_ad_client = "pub-3585518775245612";/* 51VOAContent */google_ad_slot = "4281465902";google_ad_width = 336;google_ad_height = 280;//--></script><script type="text/javascript"src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></div><span id="content"><EMBED src="/path.asp?url=/200811/gul_pakistan_india_mumbai_attack_29Nov08.mp3" width=280 height=40 type="audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin" autostart="false" Controls="ControlPanel" tppabs=""></EMBED><BR><a href="/path.asp?url=/200811/gul_pakistan_india_mumbai_attack_29Nov08.mp3" class="wwmp3">» Download Audio</a><BR><BR><span class="byline"> By Ayaz Gul</span> <br> <span class="dateline">Islamabad</span><br> <span class="datetime"><em>29 November 2008</em></span><br><p><b>Pakistan has urged India to lower bilateral tensions that are runninghigh over Indian allegations that the terrorists behind Mumbai's deadlyassaults have links with Pakistani extremist groups. The Pakistaniforeign minister has reiterated his country stands ready to help New Delhiinvestigate the violence and will move against any local group inPakistan if India produced solid evidence. Ayaz Gul reports fromIslamabad. <br></b><br>Indian leaders have blamed Pakistan-based Islamicgroups for planning this week's coordinated attacks in the country'scommercial capital of Mumbai. Pakistan has condemned the assault as a"barbaric act" and has denied the Indian allegations.<br><br><table class="APIMAGE" style="direction: ltr;" width="190" align="right"><tbody><tr><td style=""><img id="||CPIMAGE:581855|" alt="Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, 29 Nov 2008" title="Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, 29 Nov 2008" src="/images/200811/ap_pakistan_shah_mehmood_qureshi_175_29Nov08.jpg" vspace="2" width="190" border="0" height="190" hspace="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="" class="imagecaption">Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, 29 Nov 2008</td></tr></tbody></table>Speakingafter an emergency Cabinet meeting in Islamabad on Saturday, ForeignMinister Shah Mehmood Qureshi urged India to establish evidence beforepointing fingers at Pakistan. But he acknowledged the Mumbai violencehas raised bilateral tensions. <br><br>"Let us not fool ourselves," said Qureshi. "Itis a serious situation when the people in India feel this is 9/11 forIndia. It is, I think, in Pakistan's interest and inIndia's interest to defuse the situation. Lowering of tension isessential."<br><br>Elements within Pakistan's top spy agency, theInter-Services-Intelligence or ISI, are accused of having links toextremist groups suspected in the Mumbai attacks. <br><br>Pakistanileaders have vowed to cooperate with India in fighting terrorism andfinding those behind the attacks on the Indian commercial capital. Buton Saturday Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani withdrew a pledge to sendthe ISI chief to India to share information with Indian investigators. <br><br>ForeignMinister Qureshi dismissed suggestions his country has gone back on itscommitment and said Pakistan will move against any individual or groupif India offered evidence linking them to the Mumbai carnage. <br><br>"Ifthey have information if they have evidence they should share it withus," he said. "As far as the government of Pakistan is concerned,terrorism is terrorism. And we do not qualify it nor do wedifferentiate between organizations. Any entity or group involved inthis ghastly act, the government of Pakistan will proceed against it."<br><br>Mr.Qureshi reiterated that terrorism is a common enemy and India shouldnot jump to conclusions. He said that Pakistan is a vital partner inthe global war against terrorism and the policy has provoked extremiststo kill Pakistani security forces and civilians by carrying out suicidebombings and other attacks across the country. <br></p> </span><div id="list"><ol><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26688.html" target=_blank>OPEC Ends Cairo Meeting with no Change in Oil Output</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26687.html" target=_blank>Zimbabwe Stalemate Hinges On South African Promise</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26686.html" target=_blank>Mumbai Siege Over, Indian Forces Kill Last Militants</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26684.html" target=_blank>Thai Police Take First Steps to Enforce State of Emergency and End Airport Protests</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26683.html" target=_blank>Suicide-Bomber Attacks Shi'ite Mosque in Musayyib, South of Baghdad</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26682.html" target=_blank>Some Worry Mumbai Terror Strikes Could Affect Investor Confidence</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26680.html" target=_blank>Afghan Officials Back Allegations of Regional Links to Mumbai Attackers</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26679.html" target=_blank>Pakistan's Gilani to Send Spy Agency Chief to Mumbai</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26678.html" target=_blank>Tentative Agreement Pushes Zimbabwe One Step Forward to Inclusive Government</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26677.html" target=_blank>US Says 2 Americans Killed in Mumbai Attacks, But Toll Could be Higher</A></LI></ol></div><div class="clearing"></div></div><div class="clearing"></div><div id="footer">© 2001-2008 Powered by <a href="http://www.51voa.com">51VOA.Com</a> <div id="topAds"><script language=javascript src="/topAds.js"></script></div> <div id="count"><script language=javascript src="/count.js"></script></div></div></body></html>⌨️ 快捷键说明
复制代码
Ctrl + C
搜索代码
Ctrl + F
全屏模式
F11
切换主题
Ctrl + Shift + D
显示快捷键
?
增大字号
Ctrl + =
减小字号
Ctrl + -