Guido Westerwelle Pakistan has started its journey with a bus trip involuntary. Due to dense fog could be no government plane to land in Islamabad, but had to dodge Lah. The rest of the way he has in a hour-long bus ride to travel. Lah - It is a trip with obstacles. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle arrived on Saturday for a two-day visit to Pakistan.By thick fog, the government plane but could not land in the capital Islamabad, but had to dodge the 250 kilometers away Lah. After three hours of waiting for a possible flight to Islamabad, the vision was for a landing there but still not good enough. At noon, the fog had thinned so much that you could see 140 meters.
Required for a safe landing is 800 meters. So did the FDP leader and his delegation with three buses on their way to the capital. For about five hours were estimated. Westerwelle was forced tour left. After all, he now get an opportunity for him as foreign minister, otherwise mostly lacked the time.
"You can see through such a journey indeed something of the country." So it happened then: The entourage was repeatedly stopped by donkey-carts and cattle. And a stop at a gas station had to be as well. The program originally planned had to be cut. Actually it was planned a meeting in Islamabad with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Westerwelle Gilani.
However, it is unclear whether this date is yet concluded. In any event, to be held in the evening a meeting with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Pakistan with its 170 million inhabitants is among the nuclear powers. The border area with neighboring Afghanistan is the most important haven for Islamist terrorists.
On Sunday, will the Foreign Minister and FDP chairman make a picture of the situation following the severe floods that had struck Pakistan last summer. Germany is involved in various aid projects. During the worst flood disaster in the history of the country, there were more than 1,700 deaths.
A total of 20 million people affected. Several million are still in need of help. Domestically, the development of Pakistan has recently been dominated by a coalition crisis. Prime Minister Gilani, it was not until Friday to move the smaller coalition partner MQM party to return to the government.
This has Gilani's Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which ruled together with several smaller parties, again in a majority parliament.
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