Ambassador Karamat Meets
Stephen Hadley
Washington, DC: Ambassador Jehangir
Karamat met with Stephen Hadley, the National Security Advisor
to President Bush, in Mr. Hadley’s office on Friday,
April 29.
At the meeting, Mr. Hadley said that the US considers Pakistan
as a “strategic partner” and that “US holds
Pakistan in high esteem for rendering valuable cooperation”.
The friendship between Pakistan and the US, Mr. Hadley added,
“is mutually advantageous”, long-term and broad-based.
Ambassador Karamat briefed Mr. Hadley on the latest developments
in Pakistan-India relations, including the recent visit of
President Pervez Musharraf to New Delhi. In addition, Ambassador
Karamat discussed the progress in the relationship between
Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Present at the meeting were Mr. Michael Green, the Senior
Director and Special Assistant to President Bush from the
National Security Council; the Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr.
Mohammad Sadiq and the Political Minister, Mr. Muhammad Aslam
Khan, both from the Embassy of Pakistan.
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