LONDON – India embarrassed after failed attempt to launch ‘withdraw GSPPlus status to Pakistan’ campaign.
An Indian sponsored campaign of withdrawing GSP to Pakistan was raised bythe Member of European Parliament (MEPs) during a meeting of the EuropeanParliament Sub-Committee on Human Rights (DROI) on September 9 in Brussels.
“One MEP even asked the logic of continuing the GSP plus status to Pakistanand questioned the moral obligation on this privilege when the EuropeanParliament in the recent past held three resolutions passed on the humanrights situation in Pakistan,” the EICC said.
However Indian sponsored attempt failed to produce any effect.
Read Top Stories
“In the past, the EU has suspended trade privileges with countries involvedin human rights violations, such as Sri Lanka (now restored). In addition,the EU has restricted imports of products whose production is related tohuman rights in the case of conflict,” the letter read.
The EICC said that no country which is engaged in perpetual violenceagainst religious minorities and the persecution of Christians and otherreligious minorities has no right to receive any special trade privilegefrom the EU.
