The United States has a common goal with Pakistan to deal with violent extremism and Washington is actively engaged in efforts to help the democratic government overcome economic problems facing the South Asian country, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.
"We have a new situation in Pakistan, and it's a situation that we actually advocated for, which is that there would be a civilian government, the end of military rule in Pakistan, which came into being in 1999. It's been 10 years, nearly 10 years of military rule," Rice told FOX News while applauding Pakistan's democratic transition.
"Now they have had elections, now they have an elected president, President (Asif Ali) Zardari with whom President (George Bush) met recently and with whom I met recently in New York. We are working with that government," she added. The top US diplomat said although Pakistan faces some tough economic challenges, Washington is supporting international efforts to address them. "It (Pakistan) has economic woes. The Asian Development Bank and the World Bank are working with Pakistan to try to address those. We're very active in that. "Pakistan has also a very serious terrorism problem, very serious," she said while referring to recent wave of bombings in the country.
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