ISLAMABAD: The outgoing US ambassador to Pakistan, David Hale, met with Prime Minister Imran Khan, Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday.
Qureshi underscored the importance of longstanding relations with the US and said he looks forward to welcoming Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Pompeo is scheduled to visit Islamabad in the first week of September to meet with Khan.
Qureshi told Hale “that his interactions with the US leadership would be based on honesty and sincerity so as to develop a sustained partnership in the interest of both countries,” the statement said.
He thanked Hale for his services in Pakistan and congratulated him on in his next assignment as undersecretary for political affairs at the State Department.
“Ambassador Hale thanked the Foreign Minister and said that there was great interest in the Prime Minister’s reform agenda in the United States, a readiness to turn the page, and this was the objective of Secretary Pompeo’s visit to Pakistan,” the statement said.
“Ambassador Hale acknowledged (the) Foreign Minister’s role in shepherding bilateral relations in his earlier tenure and thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the cordiality and cooperation extended to him during his assignment in Pakistan.”
Bajwa thanked Hale for his services in Pakistan and acknowledged his contributions toward bilateral relations, said the Pakistani military’s media wing, adding that Hale thanked Bajwa for the Pakistani Army’s contributions to regional peace and stability.
Outgoing US envoy meets with PM, FM, army chief
Outgoing US envoy meets with PM, FM, army chief
- Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi underscored the importance of longstanding relations with the US and said he looks forward to welcoming Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Islamabad
- Pompeo is scheduled to visit Islamabad in the first week of September to meet with Khan
