ISLAMABAD, July 3 Kyodo Visiting ...

ISLAMABAD, July 3 Kyodo

Visiting British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon forward Wednesday met President Gen Pervez Musharraf for talks upon the geo-strategic situation in the region with intimation to Pakistan's involvement in the international coalition against terrorism, Defense Ministry officials said.

Issues relating to border tension between Pakistan and India and their conflict athwart Kashmir also came under discussion between the sum of two units sides.

Before leaving for modern Delhi in the afternoon, Hoon also met Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Abdul Aziz Mirza at the Joint Staff Headquarters and Chief of Staff Lt Gen Shahid Aziz at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.

Matters of mutual and professional interest, cooperation between the armed forces of the sum of two units countries and Pakistan's commitment to the war against terrorism came subject to discussion at the meetings in Rawalpindi, the officials said.

Hoon arrived in Islamabad in succession Tuesday from neighboring Afghanistan where he met British crowds serving in Kabul as part of the International Security Assistance Force and management officials.

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