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US for long-term relationship with Pak, Rice tells Kasuri
Washington, May 22: The United States seeks a long-term relationship with Pakistan, beyond Iraq and Afghanistan, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri has said.
Washington, May 22: The United States seeks a
long-term relationship with Pakistan, beyond Iraq and
Afghanistan, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri has said.
He said the above assurance came from President George
W Bush's National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, during his
recent meeting with her.
Kasuri said this was a befitting response to those who
were critical of the policies of the government and were of
the view that Pakistan's importance would diminish after the
US objectives were served.
Welcoming the statement by US Secretary of State Colin
Powell that Pakistan and India were acknowledged nuclear
powers, Kasuri told Pakistani American Community that the
designation of Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally was now
"rapidly advancing" through administrative and legislative
processes.
These observations by top officials of the US
administration, he said "signify that the United States
attaches a lot of importance to its relationship with
Pakistan."
Bureau Report