From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Wed May 07 2008 - 14:06:19 EDT
PAKISTAN TO SEND WHEAT TO AFGHANISTAN
Pakistan agreed on May 6 to export 50,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan
to avert a food crisis there, and said it will reach an agreement on
further exports with the Afghan government, Reuters reported. Pakistan's
highest economic decision-making body, the Economic Coordination
Committee (ECC), approved the export to Afghanistan at a meeting chaired
by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. "The ECC approved the export of
50,000 tones of wheat to Afghanistan to avert a food crisis in addition
to their annual requirement," a previously agreed export of 600,000
tons, the prime minister's office said in a statement. Pakistan has
sought to crack down on the smuggling of wheat flour to Afghanistan as
food prices there have surged. AT
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