BRUSSELS, March 6: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Nato countries on Thursday to foster good relations with the new government in Pakistan and to encourage its ties with Afghanistan.

“I’ll be stressing ... the importance of good relations with the new Pakistani government because it is obviously vital (to have) stability on both sides of the Afghan and Pakistan border,” he said.

“It will be important to take measures to build confidence with the new government in Pakistan and the government in Afghanistan,” he told reporters ahead of a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels.

A Pakistan-Afghan expert with the International Crisis Group said that many ‘insurgent activities’ are being prepared in Pakistan, in cities like Quetta and Peshawar.—AFP