Zardari calls enhanced access to EU markets for Pakistan

President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday called for enhanced access to the markets of European Union stressing that it was key to helping Pakistan on economic horizons. Addressing a joint press conference with the Italian President Mr Giorgio Napolitano, President Zardari said it was important that the European world also took into account the impact of militancy on a nation while considering access to its markets. The present criterion of a nations development status alone determining the access to markets needed to be revisited, added the president. Zardari said Pakistan was playing its role effectively at international level, however, EU countries should help Pakistan. Earlier, Italian President Mr Giorgio Napolitano welcomed President Zardari on his arrival in Rome.