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Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon (right) and Dr Michael Frendo, Foreign Minister of Malta and Chairman of Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) (2nd from right) address the media at the end of CMAG meeting in Kampala on 22 November 2007. Left is Mr David Miliband, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary and Tanzania’s Foreign Minister Bernard Membe (2nd left)

Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon (right) and Dr Michael Frendo, Foreign Minister of Malta and Chairman of Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) (2nd from right), address the media at the end of the CMAG meeting in Kampala on 22 November 2007

Pakistan suspended from the Commonwealth

22 November 2007

"Decision taken in sorrow not in anger" – UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband

Pakistan has been suspended from the Commonwealth, following a decision of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) reached late 22 November 2007 in Kampala, Uganda. The decision follows CMAG’s statement of 12 November to suspend Pakistan if it failed to fulfil its obligations in accordance with Commonwealth principles.

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