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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Gates sees sustained improvement in US-Pakistan relationship
WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said he expected sustained progress in ties between the US and Pakistan. Gates said the relationship between the two anti-terror allies had improved significantly over the last two years. Using a scale of one to ten, Gates told CNN he rated the relationship with Pakistan at a “six or a seven” now. The Pakistanis “are very sensitive to the size of the American footprint, the number of Americans on the ground in a training capacity or whatever”, Gates said in an interview that aired on CNN. “They’re also extremely sensitive about their sovereignty. And we have to respect those things,” he said. app
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