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(Opinion) US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue: Series of Expectations

2016-04-04 08:56:57       source:Eurasia Review

By Hassan Sohail

 

April 3, 2015

 

"On February 29, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Pakistani Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in Washington D.C, summoning the 6th 'US-Pak Strategic Dialogue'. The two sides discussed the importance of mutual cooperation for regional stability, peace and the strengthening of the global security environment which included Military cooperation, Taliban peace talks, nuclear non-proliferation, and even Kashmir issue.

 

The importance of Strategic Dialogue lies in its focus on the six main working groups which consists of Energy, Security, Strategic Stability, and Nonproliferation, the Defense Consultative Group, Law Enforcement and Counterterrorism, Economics and Finance and, Education, Science, and Technology. Both parties acknowledged the sustainability of common interest through the US civil assistance in the goal of legislation known as the 'Kerry-Lugar-Berman' act, which was enacted in 2009."

 

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