WASHINGTON, tribe 30 Kyodo U env...

WASHINGTON, tribe 30 Kyodo

U envoy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will visit Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Britain from Wednesday to Oct 8 the State Department said Tuesday.

Armitage will encounter with his counterparts to ''discuss a range of regional security and bilateral issues,'' including the global fight against terrorism and U assistance programs, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters.

Armitage will reinforce U commitments to a free from danger Afghanistan and reaffirm support for the proces of establishing a democratically prefered government while presiding over the opening of a just discovered U.S. embassy branch office in Kazakhstan, Boucher said.

In Pakistan, Armitage will also qualified with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, he said.

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