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| U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice Meets With Pakistan's Sharif in Islamabad |
| 2015-08-31 |
| [VOANews]. U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice is in Pakistan to meet with the prime minister and other top officials to discuss a range of topics, "particularly terrorist and militant attacks emanating from Pakistani soil," according to the U.S. State Department. After Rice met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Sunday in Islamabad, the Pakistani leader's office said little about the content of the talks, noting that they focused on matters of bilateral interest and the future of Pakistan-U.S. relations. Rice has also held delegation-level talks with Mr. Sharif's advisor on national security and foreign policy, Sartaj Aziz, and planned to meet with Pakistan's military chief General Raheel Sharif. Ahead of Sunday's talks the U.S. State Department said Rice was likely to discuss Pakistan's role in Afghanistan's effort to negotiate peace with the Taliban and the recent rise in tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi. From The Hindu: Amid rising tensions and firing on the Line of Control, U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice is in Islamabad for a day-long visit to discuss “regional security issues”, sources in Islamabad said. Ms. Rice, who was on a scheduled visit to China on Saturday, had not announced the Pakistan stopover before leaving for Washington, giving rise to speculation that she will discuss the India-Pakistan situation, a week after talks between the NSAs were called off. Ms. Rice is also expected to discuss the U.S.’ decision to hold military funding over Pakistan’s lack of action against the Haqqani network, the suspended talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to the U.S. in September. According to officials in Pakistan, Ms. Rice will meet Mr. Sharif, NSA Sartaj Aziz and Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif during what one Pakistani national TV website called an “emergency visit.” The U.S. has expressed its disappointment over the cancellation of NSA talks and the increase in the tensions in the past few weeks. Ms. Rice’s visit also comes a day after U.S. Under Secretary of State Nisha Biswal was in Delhi for talks ahead of the coming Indo-U.S. Commercial and Strategic Dialogue to be held in Washington from September 21 to 23. During her interactions with MEA officials, Ms. Biswal is understood to have discussed the cancellation of talks and the tensions as well. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #3 ZOOOOOOOMG, Susan Rice is still around + still NSA to the Bammer??? Who knew??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-08-31 19:52 |
| #2 Rice has a history of screwing up, She's a tool, just like her boss. They do what their handlers instruct them to do. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-08-31 11:03 |
| #1 Rice has a history of screwing up, beginning with the Sudan in the mid nineteen nineties and her unwillingness (backed by the feckless Clinton foreign policy apparatus) to take Bin Laden off Sudanese hands. She is the quintessential example of the aphorism, 'screw up and move up.' |
| Posted by: Clomp Omagum5939 2015-08-31 08:29 |