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Pakistan: Solana Visits Swat Valley Refugees

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Channel: Rapporteur News · 2009 · News & Politics

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Source: Europe by Satellite / Council of the European Union

EU High Representative Javier Solana on Monday paid a visit to the Jalozai IDP camp in Pakistan. The camp holds internally displaced people from the Swat Valley who sought refuge last month as the Pakistan government launched its offensive against Taliban insurgents.

The camp, one of the 150 largest in the country, is approximately 35 kilometers southwest of Peshawar. It was initially built during the 1980s during house refugees from Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation.

The visit to the Jalozai camp is Solana's first stop on a two-day official visit to Pakistan. As EU foreign policy chief, he's seeking ways to help alleviate the humanitarian situation that is caused by Pakistan's efforts to take on the Taliban in the Swat valley.

Solana said the European Union is making available 150 million euro to relieve the plight of the IDP's in Pakistan.

Close to two million people are internally displaced in Pakistan. Tens of thousands started returning home in recent days as the government began to implement the first phase of its repatriation plan. 

Solana's visit to Pakistan takes place following the first-ever EU-Pakistan summit on 17 June in Brussels.

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