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Joe Biden to visit Pakistan to defuse tension
United States vice-president-elect Joseph Biden will arrive in Pakistan on a two-day visit this week to defuse the tension between Pakistan and India after the Mumbai terror attacks, a private TV channel reported on Sunday."Say hello to ChiaVeep!" The channel quoted diplomatic sources as saying that a high-level congressional delegation would also accompany Biden. The delegation would meet President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to discuss the war on terror in Pakistan, Pak-India relations and a $15 billion aid package for Islamabad. The sources said the US delegation is likely to arrive in Pakistan on January 9. Posted by: Fred 2009-01-05 |
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