Washington: The White House spokesman Jay Carney said that a high level meeting between President Barack Obama and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani would be held during a nuclear security summit in South Korea on March 27.
This would be the most senior face-to-face meeting between Pakistan and the United States since American forces killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan last May.
In a press release issued from White House, Carney said that the meeting would be an opportunity for both countries “to continue high-level consultations on areas of mutual interest.”
The press release further stated that President Obama looks forward to reviewing his efforts to support an Afghan-led reconciliation process, and to pursue an end-state in the region that advances security and prosperity.
Prime Minister Gilani along with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar are due to attend the Second Nuclear Security Summit being held in Seoul between March 26-27. The First Nuclear Security Summit was held in Washington in April 2010.
The Seoul Summit is a follow-up to the Washington Summit.
Leaders from 53 countries and heads of four international organisations are expected to attend the meeting.
Pakistan-US relations hit an all-time low after that covert raid, which Washington said was carried out without Islamabad’s knowledge, and subsequent US air strikes killing 24 Pakistani soldiers last November.
But on Monday, Pakistani lawmakers are to start debating new parameters for getting the troubled relationship back on track, expected to see Pakistan eventually reopen its Afghan border to Nato convoys after a four-month closure.
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