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COAS General Raheel holds talks at US Central Command
WASHINGTON: Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif is holding talks with top US generals and officials this week in the first visit to the United States, officials said Monday.
General Raheel Sharif´s trip comes against the backdrop of improved relations between the two governments.
After arriving in Washington on Sunday, Sharif held talks at US Central Command in Tampa, Florida on Monday and was scheduled to meet the US Army chief, General Ray Odierno, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey and the deputy defense secretary, Robert Work, over the next two days, US officials told AFP.
It was Sharif´s first trip to the United States since he took over the post in November 2013, and the first of any Pakistani army chief since 2010.
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