By NNN-APP,
Washington : Pakistan’s new ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed advancing wide-ranging relationship between the two countries at a meeting here Tuesday afternoon.
During the 30-minute meeting, they discussed matters of common interest to both nations.
Ambassador Haqqani’s meeting with Dr Rice marked the first one-on-one contact between the top American diplomat and a senior Pakistani official since the inception of a new government in Islamabad following its parliamentary polls early this year.
The new envoy has had a series of high-level meetings since his arrival in Washington last week, reflecting the importance of close US-Pakistan relations.
Haqqani is expected to present his diplomatic credentials to President George W Bush later this week.
He met with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte last week while commander-designate of the US Central Command General David Petraeus had a two-hour meeting with Haqqani at the Pakistani embassy.