Sarkozy to visit Pakistan by year end

PARIS (SANA): French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit Pakistan by the end of the year.

In an interview with French TV, he said, “I will go to Pakistan before the end of the year”.

“We will not succeed in Afghanistan if we fail in Pakistan,” said the French leader,

“Pakistan is a nuclear power and we cannot allow it to fall into terrorist hands,” Sarkozy warned.

“France supports the Pakistani authorities,” the president added. “We have launched an in-depth collaboration. It is in our interest that Pakistan succeeds in its struggle against the Taliban.”