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India-Pakistan
Pak-US strategic talks to restart
2012-07-17
ISLAMABAD: Defence Secretary Nargis Sethi on Monday said the strategic dialogue between Pakistan and the United States was going to be held soon but no date had been fixed yet.
How much is it going to cost Uncle Sugar this time?
Sethi was talking to reporters at the Parliament House. She said that negotiations between the two countries had moved forward, adding that a written agreement would be signed very soon.

The defence secretary also said that Islamabad and Washington would sign two MoUs regarding NATO supply. She, however, did not provide details of the MoUs to be signed by the two countries.

To a query about the Coalition Support Fund payment of over $1 billion to Pakistan, the defence secretary said the US had agreed to release the fund but the process would take time. After approval of the US Congress, the procedure for its release would have to be completed, she said.

Earlier, certain private TV channels had quoted her as saying that Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani would visit the US for strategic dialogue. However, military sources rebuffed the reports, saying there was no truth in the news item.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  See also DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US TROOPS [selected elements + effective suppor airpower] TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN UNTIL 2024. Outgoing US Ambassador to Kabul Ryan Crocker.

ARTIC > AMB. CROCKER = PLAN INCLUD US TROOP NUMBERS IS ACCEPTABLE TO PAKISTAN = ISLAMABAD.

versus

* SAME > NATO SUPPLIES HARAM, AGZ SHARIA: JAMAT-E-ISLAMI.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-07-17 23:24  

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