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[url="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100731/tuk-cameron-terror-row-pakistan-cancels-45dbed5.html"]Cameron Terror Row : Pakistan Cancels Summit[/url]



Pakistan's intelligence agency has cancelled talks on counter terrorism in the UK in protest over comments made by David Cameron earlier this week.



The Prime Minister provoked an angry response when he told an audience in India that elements in Pakistan were promoting the export of terror.



It comes days ahead of a three-day visit to the UK by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, during which he is expected to stay with Mr Cameron at his country retreat Chequers.



Senior officers from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had been due to come to London for talks on counter-terrorism co-operation with British security services.



But Sky News sources have confirmed the meeting has been cancelled.



Answering questions following a speech in India, Mr Cameron said he wanted to see "a strong, stable and democratic Pakistan".



"But we cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country is allowed to look both ways and is able, in any way, to promote the export of terror whether to India, whether to Afghanistan or to anywhere else in the world," he added.



His comments triggered an angry response from Pakistani politicians, who pointed to the country's military offensive against militants on the frontier with Afghanistan and the many victims of terrorist bombs in Pakistan.



And he did not take advantage of several opportunities to scale down his rhetoric during subsequent press conferences and interviews before his return to the UK.



Neither Downing Street nor the Foreign Office would comment on the decision by the ISI not to visit the UK.



But shadow foreign secretary David Miliband said the cancellation was "clearly bad news".



"The Prime Minister's comments this week told only part of the story and that has enraged people in Pakistan," he added.



"It is vital he shows that he understands the need not just for Pakistan to tackle terrorism but that he will support them in doing so and understand the losses they have suffered."



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