I very much welcome that last point about aiming for a free trade agreement with Pakistan, on which I know my right hon. Friend has done serious work. If we can replace guns with goods, as it were, that must make sense for the region. I have read the paper that he has just drawn from, however, and it makes no mention of India. I do not know who will represent the UK at the summit, but not to discuss India in the context of Pakistan is to read out "Hamlet" without any citation from the prince. Can we have some input from this Government whereby they say politely and gently, "You will not solve these regional problems unless India is part of the solution; it should not always be seen as part of the problem"?
European Affairs
Proceeding contribution from
Denis MacShane
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 16 June 2009.
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