Tuesday, 7 June 2011

CENTCOM chief meets Pak army's top brass

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the US Central Command Gen James Mattis held meetings with Pakistan's military leadership and discussed with them the regional and security situation, especially in the aftermath of drone attacks and the Abbottabad operation.

In his meetings with Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Chairman Joint Chiefs of the Staff Committee Gen Khalid Shamim Wynne, the visiting US general took the military leadership into confidence and stated that without Pakistan’s cooperation and help, process of reconciliation in Afghanistan cannot move forward.

He said the situation in Afghanistan directly affects Pakistan and the US wants both the countries to forget the misunderstandings of the past and take immediate steps for the confidence building between the two countries.

According to sources, both sides also discussed the situation in the post-Abbottabad operation scenario while Pakistan’s military leadership took up the drone attacks’ issue with the US military leadership and urged the US to respect parliament’s consensus resolution in this regard, as such attacks would have negative effects on the two countries’ relations. In the meeting the Pak-Afghan border issues were also discussed.

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