UAE 'tormented' by Bhutto's killing
2007-12-27 07:28:51 AFP
Indian people watch a television as news of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's assassination is reported in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Bhutto died Thursday apparently after being shot and then attacked by a suicide bomber as she left a campaign rally, a party aide said. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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ABU DHABI (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates condemned the assassination of the Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and called for the country to unite.
"The UAE has been tormented by this huge loss, which did not hit Pakistan only, but also affected the UAE," Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan said in a statement carried by the official WAM news agency.
"Words fail to express our condemnation of this criminal act and our pain for the loss of Benazir Bhutto," he said, calling on the Pakistani people to "unite and put their differences aside.
The UAE was Bhutto's home during her eight years in exile and her family had remained in Dubai after her return to Pakistan in October.
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