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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Former US vice
president Al Gore had a telephonic conversation on Thursday
in which they discussed the situation of recent floods in
Pakistan and impact of climate change in recent floods.
According to President House Spokesman Farhatullah Babar the
former US Vice president expressed his grave condolence over
the loss of lives in the floods and said that US would continue
to assist Pakistan.
AlGore also announced that a group of US Experts on climate
change will visit Pakistan.
President briefed Al Gore on the heavy losses incurred by
Pakistan due to recent floods and said that it should also
be seen whether the flood was due to climate change or not.
He said that in this regard he has sought help from UK and
also looks forward to US help in this regard.--Online
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