In response to a media query on Pakistan during his doorstop interview at Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa Resort on 4 November 2007 on the occasion of the 13th Singapore-Brunei exchange visit, Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo said:
"... the declaration of state of emergency is very troubling. It is a step back from the democratic process, which the Pakistanis were getting back onto, but it is a very complicated situation, not just within Pakistan, but in Pakistan's relations with Afghanistan and in Pakistan's relations with India. The situation is very complicated and we hope that good sense will prevail and that some kind of compromise will be achieved within Pakistan itself."
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
5 NOVEMBER 2007