US ambassador Anne W Patterson called on Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the Foreign Office here on Wednesday. The discussions focused on follow-up on the meeting held between the Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Paris on June 13.
The discussions also covered matters relating to bilateral economic engagement, defence and security co-operation, counter-terrorism, progress on Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs), energy co-operation, and interaction in multilateral fora. Regional issues, including Afghanistan and Pakistan-India dialogue, were also discussed. The commitment of both sides to foster close co-operation in all fields of mutual interest was reaffirmed.