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Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today supported India’s proposal for an extension in the term of Kamlesh Sharma as Secretary General of the Commonwealth.
In a message from Perth where he is attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting,Gilani backed India’s move for Sharma to be given another four-year term.
Gilani said that “Pakistan fully supports the extension in the term of Mr Sharma”,an official statement said.
Veteran Indian diplomat Sharma was today re-appointed Secretary General of the 54-nation grouping for a term beginning April 2012.
India proposed 70-year-old Sharma’s name for a second term at the concluding session of the CHOGM and Pakistan seconded it.
The move follows India’s backing of Pakistan in recent elections for a non-permanent slot in the UN Security Council.
