ISLAMABAD, May 8 Kyodo U delegate...

ISLAMABAD, May 8 Kyodo

U delegate Secretary of State Richard Armitage held talks Thursday with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar forward bilateral matters and regional security, with a focus onward promoting dialogue between Pakistan and India.

Officials said Armitage would also confine a round of talks with Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri that would continue in consequence of lunch.

He is to call onward Prime Minister Zafar ullah Jamali shortly before noon and forward President Gen. Pervez Musharraf at 3 pm

Armitage is accompanied in Islamabad according to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca.

He met Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's security adviser Barjesh Misra in London forward the state of Pakistan-India relations before arrival in Pakistan.

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