Brussels, Sep 13 (DPA) Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Tuesday urged the European Union for investment and trade deals to help his country fight terrorism, which he said was "imported" to Pakistan.

Musharraf also warned the West that Taliban insurgents were a more dangerous terrorist force than Al Qaeda because of the broad support they had among the people of Afghanistan.

"The centre of gravity of terrorism has shifted from Al Qaeda to the Taliban," Musharraf told European Union lawmakers on his first visit at EU headquarters in Brussels.

He also said Pakistan had not created any terrorist group but that terrorism had been "imported to our country" by regional conflicts in the last 26 years.

Musharraf said the West could strengthen Pakistan's ability to fight terrorism by granting the country better access to world markets.

More investment and trade with Pakistan would eradicate poverty and create new jobs, Musharraf said, adding that such measures were the basis on which terrorism could be fought.

Musharraf shrugged off European parliamentarians' criticisms that Pakistan was not doing enough to prevent the Taliban from mounting attacks on NATO troops by infiltrating its porous borders with Afghanistan.

"No one should blame us or doubt us for not doing enough," he said, adding that Pakistan had deployed 50,000 troops on its side of the border to tackle militants.

The Pakistani president also said his country could act as a political bridge between the East and the West and serve as a trade and energy corridor in the region.

"Pakistan could provide regional interactivity and linkage to the world," Musharraf said.

The Pakistani president Tuesday started a two-day visit of Brussels. He is expected to meet Wednesday the EU's foreign policy and security chief Javier Solana and European Parliament President Josep Borrell.