ISLAMABAD, tribe 30 Kyodo U Assis...

ISLAMABAD, tribe 30 Kyodo

U Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca, changing an initial schedule, is to confine talks Tuesday with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to discuss bilateral and regional issues, U Embassy and Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials said Monday.

Rocca is visiting Karachi to discuss with U Consulate General officials and provincial authorities issues related to shifting the Consulate General to a novel site.

Plans to put in motion the consulate office have been expedited after a suicide car bombing outside the building in June A suicide attacker detonated a powerful car bomb outside the building, killing 11 tribe and injuring many others.

According to the original schedule, Rocca was befitting to leave Karachi onward Monday but has extended the stay in Pakistan for another day to come up to face to face with Musharraf and Foreign Ministry officials in Islamabad for talks onward bilateral, regional and security matters, the officials said.

Rocca visited Karachi onward Sunday after a four-day trip to India during which, among other things, she reportedly discussed de-escalation of tensions and a resumption of talks between Pakistan and India.

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