Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has underscored the need of bridging trust-deficit between Pakistan and US and need for positive messaging on Pakistan-US relationship from both sides. The Prime Minister was talking to the new US Ambassador Cameron Phelps Munter who paid a courtesy call on him Saturday evening.
The Prime Minister while welcoming the US Ambassador to Pakistan assured of his government's complete support during his tenure in Pakistan for further expanding strategic partnership between the two countries in multidimensional fields.
The Prime Minister stated that despite of havoc caused by the unprecedented floods in Pakistan's history, his government is determined to carrying on the fight against menace of terrorism. He, however, called on the US to help build capacity of law enforcement agencies of Pakistan and enhance defence and intelligence sharing co-operation between the two sides to defeat the common enemy.
He, however, stressed the need for fast tracking of Kerry Lugar Bill assistance, Coalition Support Fund's reimbursement, legislation for ROZs and enterprise fund, and early implementation of mutually agreed action plan in all working groups in the recently held 3rd round of strategic dialogues to ease Pakistan's economic difficulties accentuated by the flood. Ambassador Cameron Phelps Munter agreed with the Prime Minister on the imperative of building the US image among the people of Pakistan through strengthening the level of exchanges and better utilisation of the US assistance on people friendly projects.
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