Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the mechanism of strategic dialogue between Pakistan and US would go a long way in building sustainable, broad-based and long-term relationship between the two countries. He said Pakistan is looking forward to the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, later this month, to take this process forward through the next round of dialogue, scheduled to be held in Islamabad.
The Prime Minister expressed these views in a meeting with Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi at PM's Secretariat, here Tuesday afternoon. He said Pakistan is desirous of negotiated and peaceful resolution of all disputes with India. He expressed confidence that the forthcoming meeting between foreign ministers of Pakistan and India would be fruitful and will pave the way for progress of structured dialogue.
He said that willingness to resume stalled dialogue presents a win-win situation for both the countries, as peace and stability is the only way forward for the progress and prosperity of the entire region. Earlier, Shah Mehmood Qureshi apprised the Prime Minister about the progress on FoDP. He also briefed PM about the upcoming visits of Indian Foreign Minister, S. M Krishna and US Secretary of State, Ms Hillary Clinton.-PR