US will keep working with Pakistan to fight terrorism
Washington: The US will keep working with Pakistan in a “cooperative fashion” to tackle challenges, including extremism and terrorism, a senior official has said.
“We have a keen interest in working with Pakistan to address the many common challenges that we face. We feel that working together, we can address concerning issues of extremism and combating terrorism,” Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Mike Hammer told foreign journalists.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he said, is herself very personally involved in working with her Pakistani counterparts to advance interests that the US leadership feels are important for both the countries.
State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said the two countries are now having an intense counter-terrorism relationship.
“The Secretary (of State) spoke about our efforts against terror with Pakistan when she saw Foreign Minister (Hina Rabbani) Khar here just a couple of weeks ago. We have an intense counter-terrorism relationship,” she said.
“We would like to do even more together. We’re continuing to try to work on these issues and encourage our Pakistani partners to do as much as they can against these issues, because Pakistanis are the greatest victims of terror inside their own country,” Nuland said.
