Ties with Pakistan now on firm grounds:
US
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign
Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will meet in Brussels on Tuesday on the sidelines of
a Nato meeting as the United States and Pakistan rebuild their ties on a firmer
footing, says the State Department. Asked if Pakistan was seeking more funds, the department’s spokesperson Victoria Nuland said at a briefing the two countries had a number of economic projects in Pakistan and the meetings in Washington had reviewed those to ensure that they were targeted properly and on track.
Both sides were looking at possibilities “to encourage increased investment and to open markets,” she said when a journalist suggested that Pakistani Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was in Washington “essentially on a fund-raising trip.”
Ms Nuland noted that Secretary Clinton met President Asif Ali Zardari and Foreign Minister Khar during the UN General Assembly in September as well.
US special envoy Marc Grossman was in Pakistan in October and the two sides also held a number of working-group meetings while more meetings are planned in Islamabad later this month.
‘So obviously, the pace of interaction is much more back to normal now and puts the relationship on this firmer footing we’ve both sought,” Ms Nuland said, adding that since July the US and Pakistan have been working regularly on improving their strained ties.
Meanwhile, in a meeting with USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah, the Pakistani delegation and their American counterparts also reviewed various US assisted programmes in Pakistan aimed at boosting the country’s economic growth.—Correspondent
Turkey’s defense, Pakistan top Clinton’s
agenda
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading
to Europe to discuss Turkey’s defense and US relations with
Pakistan. Her first stop is the Czech Republic for talks on energy policy in a country heavily dependent on Russian fuel.
Clinton joins Nato foreign ministers in Brussels to discuss Turkey’s request for Patriot missile assistance.
Violence is raging in neighboring Syria, which is believed to have several hundred ballistic surface-to-surface missiles capable of carrying chemical warheads, a particular concern for Turkey, a Nato member.
On Friday, Nato said it will deploy the Patriots within weeks after the move is approved.
Clinton also is to meet Pakistan’s foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar. Her trip, which began Sunday, ends Friday with visits to Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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