ISLAMABAD, June 16 Kyodo Pakistan...

ISLAMABAD, June 16 Kyodo

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and U President George Bush are to discuss ''all aspects'' of bilateral relations and the evolving regional and international situation at their meeting at Camp David forward June 24, Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Ahmad Khan said Monday.

Khan told a weekly briefing the meeting between the pair leaders had assumed ''great significance'' because of rely uponed dialogue between Pakistan and India to decipher outstanding disputes.

He said the sum of two units leaders have a comprehensive agenda for talks and would particularly focus onward exploring ways to bring about lasting peace between Pakistan and India.

The United States is believed to have played an important part in persuading India to contract tensions with Pakistan and recommence dialogue that had been stalled since the Agra Summit between Gen Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in July 2002

Musharraf is to leave Monday night for Britain from where he will proceed to Boston to spend three days with his son He will reach Washington forward June 23.

in succession his return to Pakistan he will visit France and Germany.

Musharraf is to be accompanied according to Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz, Minister for Privatization Hafeez Sheikh and Foreign Secretary Riaz Kjokhar onward his trip, but Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri is not going.

Khan said Kasuri is to attend a meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue in Bangkok to be attended through the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries, China, Japan, India and Pakistan.

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