By DPA
Islamabad : German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Pakistan Wednesday for talks about the conflict in neighbouring Afghanistan and Islamabad's tense relations with Kabul.
Steinmeier, who visited Afghanistan Tuesday, was due to meet Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and his counterpart Khurshid Kasuri. A scheduled meeting with President Pervez Musharraf was cancelled for unclear reasons, according to the German delegation.
The minister's visit was part of a German initiative through the Group of Eight bloc of leading industrial countries to help improve relations between the Afghan and Pakistani governments.
The neighbours are both allies in the US-led war against terrorism but are experiencing their worst relations since the Taliban were ousted from power in Afghanistan in 2001.
They are expected to attend a G8 foreign ministers meeting in the German city of Potsdam next week.