Amidst growing call from lawmakers to strip US aid to the country, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will arrive on Tuesday to hold a series of meetings with top US officials including the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
During the Washington-leg of her visit (September 18 to 22), the Foreign Minister is expected to meet the National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and US Trade Representatives Ron Kirk besides addressing Council on Foreign Relations, an eminent Washington-based think tank.
In her meetings, Khar is expected to put forth the Pakistani view point on need of continued aid to her country and brief her US counterpart on the steps being taken by Islamabad in war against terrorism.
Read more at The Indian Express, published 18 September 2012.
Amidst growing call from lawmakers to strip US aid to the country, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will arrive on Tuesday to hold a series of meetings with top US officials including the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
During the Washington-leg of her visit (September 18 to 22), the Foreign Minister is expected to meet the National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and US Trade Representatives Ron Kirk besides addressing Council on Foreign Relations, an eminent Washington-based think tank.
In her meetings, Khar is expected to put forth the Pakistani view point on need of continued aid to her country and brief her US counterpart on the steps being taken by Islamabad in war against terrorism.
Read more at The Indian Express, published 18 September 2012.