ISLAMABAD, Oct 6 Kyodo U agent S...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 6 Kyodo

U agent Secretary of State Richard Armitage met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in succession Monday and discussed the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan's participation in operations in Iraq, a Foreign Ministry official said.

U Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca and Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri also attended the talks, the official said.

U officials had said ahead of the Armitage's arrival here Monday morning that he would discuss in Islamabad bilateral cooperation in the war against terrorism, U assistance programs, sustained efforts to assure security along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as regional stability issues.

Armitage later Monday held talks with Defense Secretary Lt Gen Hamid Nawaz Khan and was scheduled to detain a press conference after lunching with Kasuri, the Foreign Ministry official said.

The meeting approachs just days after Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zaffarulah Khan Jamali [i]finale[/i]ed a visit to the United States, where the sum of two units sides reaffirmed their cooperation in the war against terrorism and the fight to stop put drugs into trafficking.

In Jamil's meeting with U Secretary of State Colin Powell last Thursday, they emphasized the commitment of the sum of two units countries in four areas: strengthening Pakistan's reign over of frontier areas bordering Afghanistan; road construction in tribal areas; law enforcement reform; and training and equipment for Pakistani police and border security forces.

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