PERVEZ MOUSHARAF: RECOGNIZING ISRAEL WILL MEAN A POLITICAL SUICIDE
By Hakob Chakrian

AZG Armenian Daily
28/09/2006

‘Recognizing Israel will mean a political suicide," President of
Pakistan Pervez Mousharaf stated this in New York, yesterday. CNN-TURK
informed that in particular, Mousharaf said that, recognizing Israel,
Pakistan would lose the role of a bridge that it takes between the
Islamic world and the West. He said that they cant’ take an initiative
that would lead to Pakistan’s isolation from the Islamic world. At
the same time, Mousharaf added that they might recognize Israel,
only after Palestine is declared an independent state.

By the way, Mousharaf’s "Line of Fire" book has won large-scale
popularity in the world. In New York Mousharaf stated that Pakistan was
forced to participate in the anti-terrorism war under the pressure of
the USA. In the abovementioned book, he specifies about the threats of
USA directed to Pakistan. "After September 11, Washington warned us:
either you are with us, or we will make your country return to the
stone age," Mousharaf emphasized.