Wednesday, July 24, 2013

US says a 'secure' Pakistan critical for a 'stable' Afghanistan

The US Department of State has said that Pakistan is an important partner in supporting a secure and stable Afghanistan, which is vital to the security of the region. "Pakistan’s own security and stability is tied to a successful outcome in Afghanistan and any steps that continue to build the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in our view, are very important", the State Department’s spokesperson Jen Psaki said during a daily media briefing here. To a question she said that the US was aware, of course, that Pakistan’s Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Mr Sartaj Aziz visited Afghanistan this past weekend. According to Geo News, without disclosing any specifics in terms of a date, she further said that the US Secretary of State John Kerry was likely to visit Pakistan shortly.

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