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Ties with Israel can bring India-Pakistan closer: Musharraf
Sunday January 08, 2012 12:10:06 AM,
IANS
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Islamabad: Pakistan's
former president General Pervez Musharraf has advocated for
establishing relations with Israel, saying it could help bring
India and Pakistan closer to each other, Geo News reported.
"Israel is a reality and we have to accept it," said Musharraf in
an interview with Israeli newspaper Haaretz, adding that Pakistan
was an ideological state like Israel and having relations with it
could help Pakistan.
Musharraf said acceptance of Israel could also help in bringing
Pakistan and India closer and stressed that Pakistan should hold
diplomatic relations with Israel as it does with various other
Muslim countries.
Pakistanis were not anti-Jews but anti-Israel due to Palestine
crises, the former Pakistan army chief said and added that his
country would continue to support Palestinians' demand for an
independent state.
Musharraf, who has been living in self-imposed exile in London, is
all set to return home Jan 25 or 27. He is wanted by an
anti-terrorism court in Pakistan over accusations that he failed
to protect former prime minister Benazir Bhutto from being
assassinated in December 2007.
Having grabbed power in a bloodless coup in October 1999,
Musharraf ruled as chief executive 1999-2001 and as president
2001-08.
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