bit of a heavy price for that but it is also a fact that pakistan inhibits a region inhabits a region and will continue to have inhabited this region and this region has some serious problems the region has some serious problems but into terrorism and pakistan has always maintained that it is important to have collaborative joint efforts to be able to rid the street and rather than for law sort of unitary approaches. in how we want to rid the street and you mentioned. the price of your involvement in afghanistan has been pretty high many thousand of your citizens lost their lives millions people happened replaced their estimates that it cost your country around seventy billion u.s. dollars but we often hear criticism about pakistan's role. with their guts to involvement in afghanistan from the american side do you think the united states treats you fairly. i would like to answer that question by saying that what

is crucial to is solid robust partnership is that each able to live or operate within the bounds of what is. believed to be you know what has been agreed as far as treating fairly is concerned i think pakistan has in this particular case not been treated fairly by anybody for that matter because pakistan continues to lose lives pakistan continues to lose in terms of economic cost in terms of the social cost i think sometimes that is not emphasized on enough so we continue to lose in many many ways but some times the rule that is that is put on pakistan is a rule which is understandable which defies logic so to speak because if the first country to benefit from is stable one stands pakistan and the first country to lose from in your. unstable understand is also pakistan so pakistan stick

a very high and that is what is commonly believed that yes pakistan sticks are very high but pakistan sticks are very high in having stability in that one is to not instability in the understand so we have maintained and we stated very clearly that it is really for the one people to determine what course of action they want to take in any way possible whether they want to have strategic alliance with a country a country b. it's a sovereign country we must respect them as that but pakistan's rule in any way can only be there to support of i think saying that pakistan is cause of the problem and is creating trouble is an imaginary solution it is an imaginary blame it is an imaginary looking for an answer but the real solutions the real problems have to be faced you know on the ground now as we all know that the united states has been taking on a lead role in this military operation. why do you think with all its military power and the resources that are invested into this campaign why anything. results

are not that impressive as a few there could be i think i'm not the right person to answer that question the to be somebody from the us administration i want to question to be right i don't think it is important whether the u.s. is succeeding or is winning in the understand or not what is important but that of the understand is winning or not because the goal of the u.s. and pakistan and the region and all the forty eight countries which operate in the understand is to make of understand when if i may come back to the issue of american criticism for just one question president obama said a number of occasions that one of the reasons why the united states is using drones to file for your territory and to hit targets on your territory is because the pakistani authorities allegedly. are not in control of that own land and my question is. why pakistan

tolerating the use of military technology that are hitting targets on pakistani land that ultimately oftentimes lead to the. loss of life among the pakistani citizens this is one of the major problems that keeps us from achieving our successes in our view. not only completely illegal and under full and have north resolution to be used in within the due means of international law but even more importantly there are counterproductive to your objective of getting this rich region rid of militancy and terrorism and extremism because if one strike leads to getting a new target number one or target number three to be you're creating five more targets or ten more targets in the militancy that it breeds in the in the for doing that it gives to the militants to attract more people to join their ranks we are today in pakistan suffering from the consequences. or what you know many other

powers of the world decided to do in that region to rid itself of. a challenge that appeared in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine which was the soviet invasion of one star not in trying to deal with that you have created certain groups which are to be. a challenge to everybody so again do we want to repeat the same mistakes again clearly pakistan doesn't think so and pakistan has categorically said that it is illegal under full counterproductive other any than is seen your view reasonable values that pakistan could take in case of drone attacks beyond forcing it's concern or a distraction my question to you is it just an issue of some countries allowing. greater freedom and greater perth far off foreign policy tools than others but that

would be a very unfair world and i hope that's not the world that we're moving towards and therefore the questions of illegality and under full. is extremely important one and it is absolutely currently no compromise in pakistan about that if you look at as i've said i think this is partially one of the major reasons which is responsible for where we are today and pakistan as a country which considers itself to be a sovereign country considers to be an independent country has therefore decided to reassess the whole terms of engagement because for to us it is very clear that this is not part of the terms of engagement now if that clarity is required elsewhere i guess the parliament will be in its right to be able to define it but please do mr approach that we've taken the approach that we're taking is not that of a confrontation the prudes that we're taking is that for doing the partnership which is which is based on mutual respect and based on mutual interest just last

week. and her reports was like to the media that pakistani security forces and maintaining contacts with. terrorism and extremist organizations that are operating in afghanistan as far as i understand there was. an allegation that they're supporting them financially. is this true first of all this is not a new to report we were told by need to at least that this is a. single person not in need to report but is single country and a single person and pretty much i've called it all going in all the bottle because this is not a new accusation or allegation which has been made in pakistan the specific context that the mention were with the taliban about our intelligence agencies i think every intelligence agency in the world particularly the ones which will work. in that one segment in with one group or the other and all of them at some level and

this does are now pretty much out in the open because people are openly talking about talking to these people so i think just creating you know this is this is something which is not even worth a comment quite frankly the united states is expected to withdraw its troops from afghanistan and a matter of a few years is pakistan looking forward. that if that pakistan you see again they came here with some goals and objectives we would hope that most of those goals and objectives are met at least partially met and we would hope that when the. in the understand of one son is a better place than when the first came but the long term presence of foreign troops in the region is always always counterproductive. yes but we would also be very very mindful of what is the situation on the ground when they leave because instability more instability is clearly something that this region cannot cannot

afford i'd like to switch gears a little bit and ask you about iran you know the west is now piling its pressure on that country which is your neighbor and long time partner. how would pakistan respond in a case of military strike against iran we would strongly all countries to desist from any option which is military at all because this region has already seen too much and we do not want any further destabilization factor we feel very strongly that these things can be you know can be settled on the negotiation table that there should be flexibility shown and that dialogue should be considered to be the only via forward and it would have disastrous let me go to pakistan feels it would have disastrous results for the region what about syria do you support a military intervention against assad's regime we support no military intervention against in the region because we feel that the independent sovereign need to

territory and integrity of the country are important aspects and there in trying to many many places now what we need to ensure the international community is is that violence from any side is not given lunch is not allowed to. move forward thank you very much for a time minister thank you. the close up team has been to the whole bar of courage of where the country's mineral wealth starts its way across the ocean. now our team goes

to the area. once named dr len and good looking to a different character to represent itself. for local businesses are striving to build the aviation capital of russia. the for the four by fours are made and can be turned stood to the limit. welcome to the early on of greater. russia close up on r.t. . download the official r.t. how placation your i phone or i pod touch from the i choose ops to. watch on t.v. life on the go. video on demand ati's mine broadcasts and already says feeds now in the palm of your. question on all t.v. dot com.

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violence in syria escalates but the world is left guessing about what's actually happening as opposition forces offer contradicting claims over just how many people are dying the u.n. says it plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission to syria as government forces they are found the sea of homs. gets the shakes over its own to bargain on your brain while as officials express concerned europe could be the loser the ban on porting crude from the islamic state comes into force in july with e.u. consumers racing to find an alternative. pakistan's foreign minister has told r.t. that america's drone strikes are pushing new recruits and to the arms of the region's militant groups and new record planes have uncovered spores of civilian deaths last night a tappets. that's the top stories here in r t v let's now take

a look at what's happening in sports here's andrew. welcome to the sports and these are the headlines resignation fabio capello quits as england manager just four months before the start of the european championships while spurs boss harry redknapp is the favorite to replace him after being cleared of tax evasion. his own place their first defeat in the euro league's top sixteen with a narrow. but first a capella has sensationally quit as engler manager just four months before the start of the european championships the italian resigned after a meeting with the england football association bosses in london this isn't coming after the f.a. publicly undermined him last week they failed to consult before taking the

captain's armband from john terry who is facing a racism trial capello said on italian television. it was absolutely the wrong decision taken over the england boss in two thousand and eight after england failed to reach the last european championship but had it disappointing twenty ten world cup campaign for the favorite to replace capello tottenham manager harry redknapp the past seemingly played after he was found not guilty of tax evasion by a london court just hours earlier the sixty four year old and his former chairman. had been accused of concealing nearly three hundred thousand dollars to transfer bonuses while in charge of portsmouth redknapp said he was relieved he's being played and the case was finally. going to be honest it was before and he is a loser case you should never come to court because you are somebody really that was waiting for the thank you very very very it was the rangers the robot the. vision the jury. unanimously you know there was no.

now the fall of the africa cup of nations will be between favorites the ivory coast and surprise package zambia the elephants the mali one. to progress asked instructed eugenio with the games only goal and that means they will play zambia in the final in the field after they beat ghana by the same scoreline it will begin to . return to zambia to the gagne's capital after plays and officials were killed in a plane crash that in one thousand nine hundred ninety three the prize is called white. i think this is the best thing you know as a captain to play in the finals i think for the players i think this is the best moment to play off and on top of mission finally this is fun just keep you happy everybody is happy to prove the people wrong. we are a good team we win today so i think we are we were the best to do despite whatever they want to see we are in the final and we are. in spain barcelona reached the

copa del rey final with a two no victory over valencia at the nou camp it will be their third spanish cup final in four seasons under coach pep guardiola a goal in each half probably ghassan job ensuring they went through three one and i did get plenty of play in the last fifteen minutes with ten men after severe only physically sent off for a second yellow card passable face off but it will bear in the final after the bass club trash miranda. while sunderland have booked a place in the fifth round of the f.a. cup in england after a two one victory over middlesbrough a black cats will play arsenal in the last sixteen. now russian basketball side uniques have suffered their first defeat in the euro league's top sixteen they went down to emporio armani sixty three fifty eight in milan the russians defeated armani in week three but this time the italians were unstoppable an impressive three pointer from earliest but giving the italians a twenty eleven lead late in the first quarter only fought back in the second and

even pulled the deficit back to four points by half time but it was not enough to stop amani from taking their first win in the top sixteen say sixty three fifty eight the score unix though still top group with three wins and one defeat. to boxing where russian welterweight. is emerging as a promising talent he still unbeaten after getting win number sixteen over colombian big nashua mendoza in moscow last night i'm ringside was michael. many here are saying that the fight between alabama and windows is going to be a big case in the first rounds simply because both have a lot at stake i like the idea has been undefeated until now and those that could lose is double a better than belts we'll see indeed that was the case in the first couple of rounds mendoza a sprightly books and matched everything our d.s. had to offer he even seemed to be edging the fight through the judges' eyes but

after seeing his fellow compaction it's when all of the bouts prior to the night's main event the russian light welterweight turned up the heat in the fourth increasingly mendoza was put on the back foot by some nifty flurries of jabs and punches from dia but it was the twenty nine year old russian who was carrying the open wounds and splashing the ring with blood at the end of the fifth round and then in the sixth so the animal came out seeing an opportunity alice ready it unleashed a vicious number of punches to put mendoza gives the rope. the russian fighter thought it was all over at one point raising his arms in the am only to be brought down to earth by the bell mendoza now looks half the man that into the ring and with another savage onslaught by his opponents had to be protected by the referee bring him in to the brownouts in a technical knock out. a look ready of gladly receive the w b a federal latin belts

but seem more pleased in retaining his unbeaten status and the manner of his victory i don't really know where the telling blow came from it came on its own. but of course a famous time off after that beaten opponent ignacio mendoza was of course disappointed with the defeat even though it was only his seventh loss in forty two bouts but the twenty eight year old colombian did offer reasons behind his downfall i couldn't when you saw the fight he was strong he had a great garden i really could left hook. there were three other ballots on the night that also managed to bring the crowd alive ukraine's nichol occurred in your spot up with russia's oleg lisi of but after a full eight rounds the bout had to be decided by the judges who were unanimously in favor of lucy of. in the second fight professional debutantes gave us not made light of things showing no signs of jitters as he dispatched jamaica's former two

time heavyweight title challenger owen back after all rounds. and the third bout involves russia's grigori draws to challenge former w b a light heavyweight champion richard hall but after eight rounds the jamaican could no longer and surrendered in his corner plenty of celebrities were also on hand to enjoy the thrills of the evening including russian boxing legend dennis limit of your back i'm down here to support my friends my fighting colleagues i think this event is world organized and it will only get better also in the ranks were deputy prime minister alexander and renowned director nikita mikel cough who seemed to really appreciate the efforts of the russian boxers so one could see deaves emphatic when coupled with a clean sweep by the remaining russian boxes must be a sign that boxing is alive and well in russia market party moscow. now in other news for me one team's attesting in spain at the moment ahead of the new season and it is the former stars who are rolling back the years particularly

reichen success on the first day seven time world champion michael schumacher has not posted the fastest time in jeddah as he has a year left on his contract with miss eighty's and posted the quickest time amongst last year's cars deciding to reveal their new model for next season in a couple of weeks time red bull have already unveiled a new car for twenty twelve and drive them out again show they will be the tainted bait he was followed by forcing the ball to rest all right and couldn't match his own blistering pace from the first day and this fifth pass this testing continues until the weekend. and finally go for number one tiger woods hopes his recent good form continues this week he's taking part in the pebble beach national program and thinks he's getting close to ending his two and a half the title dry and woods has been on the rise since the turn of the year the thirty six year old finished tied for third at last month's abu dhabi championships

and triumph at the unofficial chevron world challenge in december however a troll victory has eluded him since two thousand and nine something tiger is itching to change. i feel very peace where i'm at i had to make. some changes and that took time and i'm sorry to see the results of that now which is great no mas i was have the last four events are really played well. so i'm just building on that and everything's head in the right direction. that brings the end of the sport so we've got more.

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violence in syria ask allays but the world is left guessing about what to actually happening as opposition forces offer contradicting claims over just how many people are dying in. the e.u. gets the shakes over its own embargo on the radio well as officials express concerns if europe could and being the loser. pakistan's foreign minister tells r t that america's drone strikes are pushing new recruits towards the region's militant groups as a new report claims scores of civilian deaths in the last led attacks. and business entrepreneurs are to review what they're expecting from the next administration during a meeting with the prime minister on thursday the war details join me in twenty minutes for obviously.

it is not yemen the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh you all come to the program. now the u.n. says it plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission in conflict or in syria falls russia isn't going calls for the international community to support moscow in efforts to mediate a peace deal the kremlin is condemning all sides of the syrian conflict for instigating violence while saying president assad is ready for talks with the opposition in syria government forces are shelling several areas including the flashpoint city of homs damascus as it's conducting an anti terror operation there but activists are accusing the government of a massacre and say hundreds of civilians have been killed over the past week syria is under a foreign media blackout making their reality on the ground hard to confirm and the opposition isn't making that any easier as it argues there were just so many people are being hit.