Islamabad:
Pakistan and the US have discussed regional safety difficulties, like the circumstance in Afghanistan, and bilateral financial cooperation as America’s Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman held talks with the country’s NSA Moeed Yusuf right here, the official media reported on Friday.
The two nations expressed a need to market their bilateral relations in the course of a meeting involving Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on National Security Yusuf and the going to US diplomat on Thursday.
No statement was issued following the meeting but according to Radio Pakistan, each sides discussed financial cooperation and the regional safety circumstance.
In his talks with Sherman, NSA Yusuf stated that the world will have to preserve contacts with the interim government in Afghanistan, which is now below Taliban rule considering that August 15 when the Afghan militant group ousted the elected government of President Ashraf Ghani, forcing him to flee the nation and take refuge in the UAE.
The US Deputy Secretary of State arrived right here from New Delhi on Thursday on a two-day check out to go over a variety of elements of bilateral ties and the regional circumstance in the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
According to the Foreign Office (FO), Sherman’s check out follows a current meeting involving Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in New York on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly.
During Sherman’s check out, views will be exchanged on all difficulties of mutual interest, like the bilateral relationship as effectively as the regional circumstance.
“We look forward to reinforcing a balanced Pakistan-US relationship that is anchored in mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas including security, trade, investment, energy and regional connectivity,” the FO added.
The Taliban swept across Afghanistan last month, seizing handle of nearly all essential towns and cities in the backdrop of withdrawal of the US forces that started on May 1. On August 15, the capital city of Kabul fell to the insurgents.
The Afghan militant group claimed victory more than opposition forces in the last holdout province of Panjshir on September 6, finishing their takeover of Afghanistan 3 weeks following capturing Kabul.
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