Islamabad: Pakistan’s president Asif Ali Zardari Sunday said that terrorism could only be defeated by winning hearts and minds of people.
During his inaugural address to the 6th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) conference in Islamabad, President Zardari emphasised on enhanced people-to-people contacts among the SAARC member states.
He said that the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians was a vital instrument for promoting contacts among the peoples of the region.
“For many decades the nations within SAARC have been victims of terrorism.”
He said that the war against terrorism has resulted in the deaths of over 40,000 Pakistani’s, while the nation has suffered economic loss of $80 billion.
The president also said that to defeat terrorism, drugs smuggling will have to be tackled with.
President Zardari said that the need for regional cooperation had never been as great as it was today, in order to meet the emerging challenges of the growing population in the region.
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