ISLAMABAD: The visiting US senator John Kerry Sunday held a meeting with Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
According to sources, the meeting focused on Pak-US relations in the wake of Abbottabad operation that eliminated Osama bin Laden. Cooperation on war on terror also came under discussion.
The US senator during his stay in Pakistan will be meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and other political leadership of the country, the US Embassy said.
U.S. Sen. John Kerry says the U.S. relationship with Pakistan is at a "critical moment" because of the killing of Osama bin Laden.According to sources, the meeting focused on Pak-US relations in the wake of Abbottabad operation that eliminated Osama bin Laden. Cooperation on war on terror also came under discussion.
The US senator during his stay in Pakistan will be meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and other political leadership of the country, the US Embassy said.
Kerry was speaking Sunday in the Afghan capital. He is visiting both Afghanistan and Pakistan to repair relations following the unilateral strike against bin Laden.
He said that there was some evidence of Pakistani knowledge of Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan, a finding that he called disturbing.
But he also said that bin Laden's death may present a new opportunity for reconciliation with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Source: The News
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