US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice has said that bilateral relations between Pakistan and the United States have "broadened and deepened" as a result of President George Bush's recent visit to Islamabad.
She said this in an interaction with the mainstream US media before the start of formal bilateral talks at the State Department on Monday. Stating this, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri told the reporters after the talks that he agreed and shared the opinion of the Secretary of State.
About the talks, Kasuri said "a whole gamut of relations was discussed," in the Pakistan-US talks held today, and "there was a complete unanimity of views." Foreign Minister added that "we discussed Afghanistan, Composite Dialogue between Pakistan and India, the position of Kashmir and the need to resolve the issue of Kashmir."
He said it was noted that during President Bush's visit to Pakistan, "we formed a much broader architecture of co-operation. Previously, the bilateral relationship was confined to co-operation in the war on terrorism, and as a result of US President's visit, "there is a wider engagement."
Kasuri said that "she (Secretary Rice) said this to the media, and, I agree with what she said." "And, I said, the same to the American reporters inside that, yes, the relationship has broadened - and, if you want some idea how fast it is moving, you may see that within a few weeks, our Secretary Foreign Affairs was here, and he held talks with US Assistant Secretary of State, Nicholas Burns, and a Strategic Dialogue was inaugurated."
"Then, there has been an economic and energy dialogues and dialogue on science and technology is going to occur very soon, as well a dialogue on education," he said, disclosing that Pakistan's ministers concerned would be visiting Washington "very soon."
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