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Commonwealth Secretary-General meets with Pakistan Parliamentary Delegation

9 February 2005

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Don McKinnon, met on the 9th of February with a delegation from the Pakistan Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

Leader of the delegation Mr Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain
Leader of the delegation Mr Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain with Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon
The delegation, which included parliamentarians from government and opposition parties in Pakistan, is on a one week visit to the United Kingdom.

During the meeting, the Secretary-General encouraged Pakistan to continue rebuilding and strengthening democratic institutions, including through the CPA.

They discussed the Commonwealth's engagement with Pakistan and Mr McKinnon highlighted a number of ongoing Commonwealth technical assistance programmes.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General also confirmed that the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) will be discussing the situation in Pakistan on Friday 11 February.

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