continue to have inhabit the street and this region has some serious problems the region has some serious problems pertaining to terrorism and pakistan has always maintained that it is important to have collaborative joint efforts to be able to rid this region rather than follow 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 have been very placed there estimates that it cost your country around seventy billion u.s. dollars but we often hear criticism about pakistan's role. in vomit 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 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 costs in terms of the social cost i think sometimes that is not emphasized on enough so we continue to lose in many ways but some times the rule that is that is put on pakistan is rule which is understandable which defies logic so to speak because if the first country to benefit from a stable understands pakistan and the first country to lose from in you know unstable understand is also pakistan so pakistan stick a very high and that is what is commonly believed that yes pakistan still. 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 seeing 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 to 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 it

should be somebody from the us administration i want to question to be right i don't think it is important with the us is succeeding or is winning in the understand or not what is important is whether of one the stand 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 on 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 within the due means of international law but even more importantly they 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 the ranks we are to be in pakistan suffering from the consequences. what you know many other powers of the world decided to do in that region to rid itself of the challenge that appeared

in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine which was the soviet invasion of one star now in trying to deal with that we 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 its 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 that would be a very unfair world and i hope that's not a world that we are moving towards and therefore the questions of illegality and

under full. is extremely important one and. currently no compromise in pakistan about that if you look as i said i think this is partially one of the major reasons which is responsible probably would be up to pakistan as a country which. considers itself to be a sovereign country and to do this 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 if that clarity is required elsewhere i guess the parliament will be in its right to be able to define it but. the approach that we do it in the approach that we're taking is not that of a confrontation the prudes they've been 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 report was leaked 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 need to report but it's in the country and the single person. pretty much i've called it. a bottle because this is not a new accusation or allegation that to be made about the specific context of the mentioned were with the taliban of all to intelligence agencies i think every intelligence agency in the world particularly the ones which will work. i mean. 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 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 forwards. that. pakistan you see again came here with some goals and objectives we would hope that most of those goals and objectives are met or at least partially met and we would hope that when the. understand of one son is a better place than when they 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 now piling its pressure on

that country which is your neighbor and longtime partner. how would pakistan of us born in the case of military strike against iran we would strongly. countries to desist from any option which is military. because this region has already seen too much and we do not want any further destabilization. we feel very strongly that these things can be done you know in the setting 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 support the military intervention against assad regime we support no military intervention against any regime because we feel that the independent sovereign the teetotaller integrity of the country are important aspects and there in trying to in 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. wealthy british style. expert on the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. report.

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the violence in syria escalates but the world is left guessing about what's actually happening as opposition forces off further contradicting claims over just how many people are dying the u.n. says of plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission to syria's government forces their pound the city of homs. the e.u. gets to shakes over its own embargo on a radio oil as officials express concern for europe could end up being the loser the barrel of importing crude from these long state comes into force in july with e.u. consumers racing to find an alternative. pakistan's foreign minister has told r.t. that american drone strikes are pushing new recruits into the arms of the region's militant groups and their report claims to have uncovered scores of civilian deaths in the u.s. led attacks. as we had lines here in r.t.

i'll be back at the top of the hour with more updates in the meantime anders here with the latest sports. hello there welcome to the sport and here is a taste of what is coming up i was an extremely. graphic nation fabio capello quits his england manager just four months before the start of the european championship . while the boss harry redknapp is the favorite to replace him after being played of tax evasion. the russian side even a taste that to cling to a year in the top sixteen i'm on a. first fabio capello has sensationally resigned as a manager he was jew to lead the team to the european championships but stepped down after falling out with the english football association the italian resigned

after a meeting with f.a. chiefs in london his decision coming after the f.a. publicly undermined him last week they failed to consult capello before taking the captain's armband from john terry who is facing a racism trial in capello then went on italian television to voice his disapproval he took charge in two thousand and eight after england failed to reach the last european championships but had its appointing twenty ten world cup campaign by the failure to replace capello is tottenham manager harry redknapp the path seemingly after he was found not guilty of tax evasion by a london court just. the sixty four year old and his former chairman. had been accused of conceiving nearly three hundred thousand dollars of transfer bonuses while in charge of portsmouth redknapp said he was relieved being played and the case was finally i've. got to be honest it was before ideas and this is a case you should never come to court because you are somebody really what was

waiting for the thank you very very very it was during this you wrote the vision the jury. unanimously you know there was no no place to alter it. now the fun of the africa cup of nations will be between favorites ivory coast and surprise package zambia the elephant is the mali one of the elite of ale and got a bunch of progress arsenal striker genius with the gang's only goal and that means they will play surprise package zambia in the final if they beat ghana by the same score. i think this is the best thing you know as a captain to play in the final thing for the players i think this is the best moment to play off and on top of mission trying all this is fantastic we are happy everybody is happy we proved the people wrong we stew we are a good team we win today so i think we are we were the best today despite whatever they want to see because we are in the final and we are. meanwhile in spain

barcelona reached the copper del rey final with a two no victory over the lens the at the nou camp it will be their third spanish cup final in four seasons under coach pep guardiola i go in each half term said barbara gaston jav ensuring they went through three one on aggregate plenty of playing the last fifteen minutes with ten men after safin the for who you were sent off for a second yellow card faster will face athletic bilbao in the final after the pass clubs rational run days while sunderland have books a place in the fifth round of the f.a. cup in england after a two one victory over middlesbrough the black cats will play arsenal in the last sixteen. russian basketball side uniques have suffered their thirst defeat in the euro league's top sixteen they went down to an polio armani sixty three fifty eight in milan the russians defeated armani in week three but this time the talons were unstoppable an impressive three pointer from his premier here the twenty eleven lead late in the first quarter only x.

four back in the second and even pulled the deficit back to four points by half time but it was not enough to stop a minute from taking their first win in their top sixteen sixty three fifty eight then the final score the next though still top group with three wins and one the fates. let's switch to boxing where russian welterweight the dear that is emerging as a promising talent is still unbeaten after getting win number sixteen over colombian international mendoza in moscow last night i'm ringside was martyred. 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. as the undefeated until now that could lose his. belt we'll see indeed that was the case in the first couple of rounds mendoza a sprightly books and matched everything alex 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. 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 the animal came out seeing an opportunity unleashed a vicious number of punches to put mendoza against 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 brout in a technical knockout. ready if gladly receive the double to be

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 the beaten opponents 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 bouts on the night that also managed to bring the crowd alive ukraine's mccool 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 if. in the second fight professional debut chance to give was not made light of things showing no signs of jitters as he dispatched to make his former two time heavyweight title challenger owen back after four 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 i came 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 boxes so one could see alex emphatic when coupled with a clean sweep by the remaining russian boxers must be a sign that boxing is alive and well in russia market party moscow. goals world number two roy mcelroy is aiming to keep up his good start to the season after finishing runner up at the abu dhabi classic last week he hopes to go

one better at the dubai desert classic place got a taste of the course during a price liberty event on wednesday before today's opening round mcelroy won here in two thousand and nine and has been rocking pape team to victory in abu dhabi but the northern irishman enjoys the dubai fairways and fancies his chances at an early season title. it's always nice to start off the season like i feel like you know i had a great chance to win and quite to. but you say it would be great pick. to get a win under my belt pretty early this season and try and win here a place that i've won out before and. of course i really enjoyed it but. while they were in the states former world number one tiger woods is hoping to end his two and a half year title drive he's playing at the pebble beach pro am in california this week and believes he's not far off ending his barren run after finishing third behind master roy in abu dhabi i feel very warm and i had

to make. some changes and. took time and start of see the results of now which is great as i was the last four events are really played well. promise building on. the everything's head in the right direction. well foremost stars are also rolling back the years in formula one teams are testing in spain ahead of the season and after commuter i can success on the first day seven time world champion michael schumacher has now put himself on top of the time sheet sadie's one of the teams yet to reveal their new car for the next season so humanity was driving the one he used in last year's championship but he was still the quickest out of all the old models that were testing on wednesday however red bull have pulled off the covers of their new machine and their driver mark webber showed they will again be the team to be the fastest time overall he was followed by force india's paul di resta or reichen and couldn't match his

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around russia we've got this huge earth covered. violence in syria as whites but the world is left guessing about what's actually happening as opposition force offer contradicting claims over just how many people are dying. to get the shakes over its don't want to bargain to rein in well as officials expressed concern and up 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 and as a new report claims foreign civilian deaths. russian markets open higher on thursday with stronger all supporting energy stocks we'll have a detailed look at the markets that have business bought and twenty minutes time.

this is r.t. coming to live from moscow eleven am here on marina joshie the u.n. says it plans to team up with the arab league to restart a monitoring mission and a conflict tour in syria that follows russia's ongoing calls for the international community to support moscow in efforts to mediate a peace deal in syria government forces are shelling several areas including the flashpoint city of homs damascus as an anti terror operation there but activists are accusing the government of a massacre and see 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 argues over just how many people are being killed ivor van it has more. than the syrian observatory of human rights it's one of the most widely quoted sources of syrian casualty figures but it's not always telling the truth.