ISLAMABAD, 25 June 2006 — Senior officials from Pakistan will travel to the United States this month to discuss how Washington could help the Islamic nation meet its growing energy needs, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
The Pakistani prime minister’s energy adviser, Mukhtar Ahmed, and US Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert are expected to lead the talks tomorrow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told a news briefing.
The United States had agreed to help Pakistan in the energy sector when President George W. Bush visited Islamabad in March for talks with his counterpart Gen. Pervez Musharraf. Energy-starved Pakistan has been holding talks with Central Asian states and Iran on gas imports.
Pakistan has been seeking the cooperation of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG), the US and several Western countries in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, especially after the US and India signed a landmark accord on cooperation in civilian nuclear energy.
