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| Thursday, 11 December 2003 |
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Musharraf asks Britain to resolve bugging incident ISLAMABAD, Wednesday (AFP) President Pervez Musharraf asked the British government to remove what he called an "irritant" in bilateral relations and comment on reports that British intelligence had tried to bug the Pakistan embassy in London, officials said. Musharraf made the comments when visiting British Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs Mike O'Brien called on him here. An official statement said Musharraf told the junior minister the alleged spy operation had become "an irritant in the relations because of the lack of response by the British government to confirm or deny it." "An early resolution of the issue would be conducive for future cooperation between the two countries," Musharraf informed the minister, according to the statement. Early last month the British Sunday Times newspaper reported that British MI5 intelligence had made a botched attempt to bug the embassy of a friendly country with the collaboration of a construction worker engaged in renovation work at the mission. |
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