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Tillerson in Pakistan with a tough message on 'safe havens'
[DAWN] US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Pakistain to deliver a tough message on the importance of fighting Death Eaters and driving them from hideouts on Pak territory.Tillerson arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday, a day after traveling to Iraq and Afghanistan in conditions of strict secrecy. He met with Pakistain's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Foreign Minister Khwaja Mohammad Asif and the heads of the army and intelligence services. Tillerson told Abbasi that Pakistain is "so important regionally to our joint goals of providing peace and security to the region and providing opportunity for greater economic relationship." Abbasi said Pakistain is "committed in the war against terror." "We have produced results and we are looking forward to moving ahead with the US and building a tremendous relationship," he said. "The US can rest assured that we are strategic partners in the war against terror and that today Pakistain is fighting the largest war in the world against terror," Abbasi said. "We appreciate the understandings that we agreed and we appreciate the engagement." Posted by: Fred 2017-10-25 |
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